1 Kings

1 Kings 20:34

³⁴Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.”

“By this treaty^d I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

Footnotes

d 20:34 Forms of the Hebrew berit are translated in most passages as covenant; twice in this verse.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Ben-hadad said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to him	אֵלָ֡יו	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
I will restore	אָשִׁ֗יב	’ā·šîḇ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7725 turn back, return
the cities	הֶעָרִ֣ים	he·‘ā·rîm	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
my father	אָבִי֩	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
took	לָֽקַח־	lā·qaḥ-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
from	מֵאֵ֨ת	mê·’êṯ	Preposition-m; Direct object marker	H854 with
your father	אָבִ֜יךָ	’ā·ḇî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1 father
you may set up	תָּשִׂ֨ים	tā·śîm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
your own	לְךָ֤	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
marketplaces	וְ֠חוּצוֹת	wə·ḥū·ṣō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H2351 the outside
in Damascus	בְדַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙	ḇə·ḏam·me·śeq	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1834 Damascus
as	כַּאֲשֶׁר־	ka·’ă·šer-	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
my father	אָבִי֙	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
in Samaria	בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן	bə·šō·mə·rō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8111 Shomeron
By this treaty	בַּבְּרִ֣ית	bab·bə·rîṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
I	וַאֲנִ֖י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
release you	אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֑ךָּ	’ă·šal·lə·ḥe·kā	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H7971 send
So he made	וַיִּכְרָת־	way·yiḵ·rāṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
a treaty	בְרִ֖ית	ḇə·rîṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
with him	ל֥וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
and sent him away	וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ס	way·šal·lə·ḥê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H7971 send

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.