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1 Kings 19:2

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And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.	Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.	And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then Jezebel^H348 sent^H7971 a messenger^H4397 unto Elijah^H452, saying^H559, So let the gods^H430 do^H6213 to me, and more^H3254 also, if I make^H7760 not thy life^H5315 as the life^H5315 of one^H259 of them by to morrow^H4279 about this time^H6256.

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Original Hebrew

וַתִּשְׁלַח אִיזֶבֶל מַלְאָךְ אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹר כֹּה־יַעֲשׂוּן אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יֹוסִפוּן כִּי־כָעֵת מָחָר אָשִׂים אֶת־נַפְשְׁךָ כְּנֶפֶשׁ אַחַד מֵהֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תִּשְׁלַ֤ח	va./tish.Lach	H7971	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she sent
אִיזֶ֨בֶל֙	'i.Ze.vel	H348	HNp	Jezebel
מַלְאָ֔ךְ	mal.'Akh	H4397	HNcmsa	a messenger
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ	'e.li.Ya.hu	H452	HNp	Elijah
לֵ/אמֹ֑ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
כֹּֽה	koh-	H3541	HD	thus
יַעֲשׂ֤וּ/ן	ya.'a.Su/n	H6213	HVqj3mp/Sn	may they do/ !
אֱלֹהִים֙	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	(the) gods
וְ/כֹ֣ה	ve./Khoh	H3541	HC/D	and/ thus
יוֹסִפ֔וּ/ן	yo.si.Fu/n	H3254	HVhj3mp/Sn	may they add/ !
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	if
כָ/עֵ֤ת	kha./'Et	H6256	HRd/Ncbsa	about (the)/ this time
מָחָר֙	ma.Char	H4279	HNcmsa	tomorrow
אָשִׂ֣ים	'a.Sim	H7760	HVqi1cs	I will make
אֶֽת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
נַפְשְׁ/ךָ֔	naf.she./Kha	H5315	HNcbsc/Sp2ms	life/ your
כְּ/נֶ֖פֶשׁ	ke./Ne.fesh	H5315	HR/Ncbsa	like/ (the) life of
אַחַ֥ד	'a.Chad	H259	HAcmsa	one
מֵ/הֶֽם	me./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	from/ them

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H348 — אִיזֶבֶל (ʼÎyzebel, ee-zeh'-bel): from אִיlemma אי missing vowel, corrected to אִי and זְבֻל; Izebel, the wife of king Ahab; Jezebel.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H452 — אֵלִיָּה (ʼÊlîyâh, ay-lee-yaw'): or prolonged אֵלִיָּהוּ; from אֵל and יָהּ; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites; Elijah, Eliah.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H3254 — יָסַף (yâçaph, yaw-saf'): a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing); add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idiom] longer (bring, do, make, much, put), [idiom] (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, [idiom] yet, yield.
• H4279 — מָחָר (mâchâr, maw-khar'): probably from אָחַר; properly, deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter; time to come, tomorrow.
• H4397 — מֲלְאָךְ (mălʼâk, mal-awk'): from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher); ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
• H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6256 — עֵת (ʻêth, ayth): from עַד; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.; [phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.
• H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3541 — כֹּה (kôh, ko): from the prefix k and הוּא; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now; also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• if I — Exodus 10:28, Exodus 15:9, 2 Kings 19:10-12, 2 Kings 19:22, 2 Kings 19:27-28, Daniel 3:15
• So let — 1 Kings 2:28, 1 Kings 20:10, 2 Kings 6:31
• to morrow — Proverbs 27:1, Acts 12:4-6, James 4:13-14

Reciprocal references (23): Exodus 9:18, 1 Samuel 20:13, 1 Samuel 22:16, 2 Samuel 3:9, 2 Samuel 19:13, 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 21:5, 1 Kings 21:25, 2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 9:22, 2 Kings 9:30, Proverbs 12:16, Proverbs 14:16, Jeremiah 20:10, Matthew 2:8, Matthew 5:12, Matthew 14:8, Matthew 21:35, Luke 6:23, Acts 23:12, Revelation 2:20

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: JEZEBEL, MEEKNESS-RETALIATION, SILENCE-SPEECH, SUFFERING FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE, WOMEN
• Torrey’s: REVENGE
• Nave’s: ELIJAH, GOD, JEZEBEL, KING, LIFE, MALICE, MINISTER, Christian, MIRACLES, REVENGE, WOMEN

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