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1 Kings 20:3

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And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,	Thy silver and thy gold [is] mine; thy wives also and thy children, [even] the goodliest, [are] mine.	And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I [am] thine, and all that I have.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thy silver^H3701 and thy gold^H2091 is mine; thy wives^H802 also and thy children^H1121, even the goodliest^H2896, are mine.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו כֹּה אָמַר בֶּן־הֲדַד כַּסְפְּךָ וּזְהָבְךָ לִי־הוּא וְנָשֶׁיךָ וּבָנֶיךָ הַטֹּובִים לִי־הֵם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
ל֗/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to/ him
כֹּ֚ה	koh	H3541	HD	thus
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	H559	HVqp3ms	he says
בֶּן	ben-	H1130	HNp	Ben
הֲדַ֔ד	ha.Dad	H1130	HNp	Hadad
כַּסְפְּ/ךָ֥	kas.pe./Kha	H3701	HNcmsc/Sp2ms	silver/ your
וּֽ/זְהָבְ/ךָ֖	u./ze.ha.ve./Kha	H2091	HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms	and/ gold/ your
לִֽ/י	li/-		HR/Sp1cs	(belongs) to/ me
ה֑וּא	Hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	it
וְ/נָשֶׁ֧י/ךָ	ve./na.Shei./kha	H802	HC/Ncfpc/Sp2ms	and/ wives/ your
וּ/בָנֶ֛י/ךָ	u./va.Nei./kha	H1121	HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms	and/ children/ your
הַ/טּוֹבִ֖ים	ha./to.Vim	H2896	HTd/Aampa	(the)/ good
לִ/י	li/-		HR/Sp1cs	(belong) to/ me
הֵֽם	Hem	H1992	HPp3mp	they

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

Strong's References

• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H2091 — זָהָב (zâhâb, zaw-hawb'): from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).

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

• 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.
• H1130 — בֶּן־הֲדַד (Ben-Hădad, ben-had-ad'): from בֵּן and הֲדַד; son of Hadad; Ben-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings; Benhadad.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
• 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.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (1): 1 Kings 20:32

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BENHADAD
• Torrey’s: GOLD, SYRIA
• Nave’s: AMBASSADORS

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