1 Kings
1 Kings 19:2
2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So Jezebel | אִיזֶ֙בֶל֙ | ’î·ze·ḇel | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H348 Izebel |
| sent | וַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח | wat·tiš·laḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H7971 send |
| a messenger | מַלְאָ֔ךְ | mal·’āḵ | Noun - masculine singular | H4397 messenger |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Elijah | אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ | ’ê·lî·yā·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H452 Elijah |
| saying | לֵאמֹ֑ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| May the gods | אֱלֹהִים֙ | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| deal with me | יַעֲשׂ֤וּן | ya·‘ă·śūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H6213 do, make |
| and ever so | וְכֹ֣ה | wə·ḵōh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| severely | יוֹסִפ֔וּן | yō·w·si·p̄ūn | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H3254 add |
| if | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| by this time | כָעֵ֤ת | ḵā·‘êṯ | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - common singular | H6256 time |
| tomorrow | מָחָר֙ | mā·ḥār | Adverb | H4279 tomorrow, in time to come |
| I have not made | אָשִׂ֣ים | ’ā·śîm | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| your life | נַפְשְׁךָ֔ | nap̄·šə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| like the lives | כְּנֶ֖פֶשׁ | kə·ne·p̄eš | Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| of | אַחַ֥ד | ’a·ḥaḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
2 Kings 6:31 · Ruth 1:17 · 1 Kings 20:10 · Exodus 10:28 · Proverbs 27:1 · 2 Kings 19:10–12 · Daniel 3:15 · 2 Kings 19:27–28 · 1 Kings 2:28 · James 4:13–14 · Acts 12:4–6 · Exodus 15:9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.