1 Kings
1 Kings 20:42
42And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction,f your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”
Footnotes
- f 20:42 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֵלָ֗יו | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| This is what | כֹּ֚ה | 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 |
| Because | יַ֛עַן | ya·‘an | Adverb | H3282 purpose, intention |
| you have let slip | שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּ | šil·laḥ·tā | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H7971 send |
| from your hand | מִיָּ֑ד | mî·yāḏ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular | H3027 hand |
| the man | אִישׁ־ | ’îš- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H376 man |
| I had devoted to destruction | חֶרְמִ֖י | ḥer·mî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H2764 devoted thing |
| your life | נַפְשְׁךָ֙ | nap̄·šə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| will be exchanged | וְהָיְתָ֤ה | wə·hā·yə·ṯāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| for | תַּ֣חַת | ta·ḥaṯ | Preposition | H8478 the under part |
| his life | נַפְשׁ֔וֹ | nap̄·šōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| and your people | וְעַמְּךָ֖ | wə·‘am·mə·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5971 people |
| for | תַּ֥חַת | ta·ḥaṯ | Preposition | H8478 the under part |
| his people | עַמּֽוֹ׃ | ‘am·mōw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5971 people |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Kings 22:31–37 · 2 Chronicles 18:33–34 · 1 Kings 20:39
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.