1 Kings

1 Kings 20:11

¹¹And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And the king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
replied	וַיַּ֤עַן	way·ya·‘an	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
Tell him	דַּבְּר֔וּ	dab·bə·rū	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural	H1696 speak
The one putting on	חֹגֵ֖ר	ḥō·ḡêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H2296 gird, gird on, gird oneself
should not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
boast	יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל	yiṯ·hal·lêl	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1984 shine
like one taking	כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ׃	kim·p̄at·tê·aḥ	Preposition-k; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H6605 open

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.