1 Kings
1 Kings 18:9
9But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But Obadiah replied | וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| How | מֶ֣ה | meh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| have I sinned | חָטָ֑אתִי | ḥā·ṭā·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H2398 miss |
| that | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you | אַתָּ֞ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| are handing your servant | עַבְדְּךָ֛ | ‘aḇ·də·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| over to | נֹתֵ֧ן | nō·ṯên | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| Ahab | אַחְאָ֖ב | ’aḥ·’āḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H256 Ahab |
| to put me to death | לַהֲמִיתֵֽנִי׃ | la·hă·mî·ṯê·nî | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; first person common singular | H4191 die |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.