1 Kings

1 Kings 21:16

¹⁶And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	וַיְהִ֛י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
when Ahab	אַחְאָ֖ב	’aḥ·’āḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H256 Ahab
heard	כִּשְׁמֹ֥עַ	kiš·mō·a‘	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H8085 hear
that	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
Naboth	נָב֑וֹת	nā·ḇō·wṯ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5022 Naboth
was dead	מֵ֣ת	mêṯ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die
he	אַחְאָ֗ב	’aḥ·’āḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H256 Ahab
got up	וַיָּ֣קָם	way·yā·qām	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
went	לָרֶ֛דֶת	lā·re·ḏeṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3381 come or go down, descend
down	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
to take possession	לְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ס	lə·riš·tōw	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
of the vineyard	כֶּ֛רֶם	ke·rem	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3754 vineyard
of Naboth	נָב֥וֹת	nā·ḇō·wṯ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5022 Naboth
the Jezreelite	הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֖י	hay·yiz·rə·‘ê·lî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3158 Jizreelite

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.