1 Kings

1 Kings 20:14

¹⁴“By whom?” Ahab asked.

And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’”

“Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab.

“You will,” answered the prophet.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
By whom	בְּמִ֔י	bə·mî	Preposition-b; Interrogative	H4310 who?
Ahab	אַחְאָב֙	’aḥ·’āḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H256 Ahab
asked	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
And the prophet replied	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
This is what	כֹּֽה־	kōh-	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
says	אָמַ֣ר	’ā·mar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
By the young officers	בְּנַעֲרֵ֖י	bə·na·‘ă·rê	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H5288 a shaking, scattering
of the district	הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת	ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4082 province
governors	שָׂרֵ֣י	śā·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
Who	מִֽי־	mî-	Interrogative	H4310 who?
will start	יֶאְסֹ֥ר	ye’·sōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H631 tie, bind, imprison
the battle	הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה	ham·mil·ḥā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4421 battle, war
asked	וַיֹּ֛אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
You	אָֽתָּה׃	’āt·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
answered the prophet	וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.