1 Kings

1 Kings 21:23–24

²³And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel:

‘The dogs will devour Jezebel

by the wall of Jezreel.’^c

²⁴Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city

will be eaten by dogs,

and anyone who dies in the field

will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

Footnotes

c 21:23 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 9:36|2KI 9:36) ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel at the plot of ground at Jezreel.’

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 the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
also	וְגַ֨ם־	wə·ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
speaks	דִּבֶּ֥ר	dib·ber	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
concerning Jezebel	לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל	lə·’î·ze·ḇel	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H348 Izebel
The dogs	הַכְּלָבִ֛ים	hak·kə·lā·ḇîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3611 dog
will devour	יֹאכְל֥וּ	yō·ḵə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
Jezebel	אִיזֶ֖בֶל	’î·ze·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H348 Izebel
by the wall	בְּחֵ֥ל	bə·ḥêl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2426 rampart, fortress
of Jezreel	יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃	yiz·rə·‘el	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3157 Jizreel

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Anyone belonging to Ahab	לְאַחְאָב֙	lə·’aḥ·’āḇ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H256 Ahab
who dies	הַמֵּ֤ת	ham·mêṯ	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H4191 die
in the city	בָּעִ֔יר	bā·‘îr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
will be eaten	יֹאכְל֖וּ	yō·ḵə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
by dogs	הַכְּלָבִ֑ים	hak·kə·lā·ḇîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3611 dog
and anyone who dies	וְהַמֵּת֙	wə·ham·mêṯ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H4191 die
in the field	בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה	baś·śā·ḏeh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
will be eaten	יֹאכְל֖וּ	yō·ḵə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
by the birds	ע֥וֹף	‘ō·wp̄	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Kings 21:23 2 Kings 9:10 · 2 Kings 9:30–37

1 Kings 21:24 1 Kings 16:4 · 1 Kings 14:11 · Jeremiah 15:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.