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1 Kings 20:31
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But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and [there] a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men [that were] left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
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And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel [are] merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
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So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, [Is] he yet alive? he [is] my brother.
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Verse Text
And his servantsH5650 saidH559 unto him, Behold now, we have heardH8085 that the kingsH4428 of the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 are mercifulH2617 kingsH4428: let us, I pray thee, putH7760 sackclothH8242 on our loinsH4975, and ropesH2256 upon our headsH7218, and go outH3318 to the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478: peradventure he will saveH2421 thy lifeH5315.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו עֲבָדָיו הִנֵּה־נָא שָׁמַעְנוּ כִּי מַלְכֵי בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־מַלְכֵי חֶסֶד הֵם נָשִׂימָה נָּא שַׂקִּים בְּמָתְנֵינוּ וַחֲבָלִים בְּרֹאשֵׁנוּ וְנֵצֵא אֶל־מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אוּלַי יְחַיֶּה אֶת־נַפְשֶׁךָ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ |
va/i.yo.me.Ru | H559 | HC/Vqw3mp | and/ they said |
אֵלָי/ו֮ |
'e.La/v | H413 | HR/Sp3ms | to/ him |
עֲבָדָי/ו֒ |
'a.va.Da/v | H5650 | HNcmpc/Sp3ms | servants/ his |
הִנֵּֽה |
hi.neh- | H2009 | HTm | here! |
נָ֣א |
na' | H4994 | HTe | please |
שָׁמַ֔עְנוּ |
sha.Ma'.nu | H8085 | HVqp1cp | we have heard |
כִּ֗י |
Ki | H3588 | HC | that |
מַלְכֵי֙ |
mal.Khei | H4428 | HNcmpc | (the) kings of |
בֵּ֣ית |
beit | H1004 | HNcmsc | (the) house of |
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל |
Yis.ra.'El | H3478 | HNp | Israel |
כִּֽי |
ki- | H3588 | HC | that |
מַלְכֵ֥י |
mal.Khei | H4428 | HNcmpc | (are) kings of |
חֶ֖סֶד |
Che.sed | H2617 | HNcmsa | covenant loyalty |
הֵ֑ם |
Hem | H1992 | HPp3mp | they |
נָשִׂ֣ימָה |
na.Si.mah | H7760 | HVqh1cp | let us put |
נָּא֩ |
na' | H4994 | HTj | please |
שַׂקִּ֨ים |
sa.Kim | H8242 | HNcmpa | sackcloth(s) |
בְּ/מָתְנֵ֜י/נוּ |
be./ma.te.Nei./nu | H4975 | HR/Ncmdc/Sp1cp | on/ loins/ our |
וַ/חֲבָלִ֣ים |
va./cha.va.Lim | H2256 | HC/Ncbpa | and/ ropes |
בְּ/רֹאשֵׁ֗/נוּ |
be./ro.She./nu | H7218 | HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cp | on/ head/ our |
וְ/נֵצֵא֙ |
ve./ne.Tze' | H3318 | HC/Vqh1cp | and/ let us go out |
אֶל |
'el- | H413 | HR | to |
מֶ֣לֶךְ |
Me.lekh | H4428 | HNcmsc | (the) king of |
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל |
Yis.ra.'El | H3478 | HNp | Israel |
אוּלַ֖י |
'u.Lai | H194 | HD | perhaps |
יְחַיֶּ֥ה |
ye.chai.Yeh | H2421 | HVpi3ms | he will let live |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָ |
naf.She./kha | H5315 | HNcbsc/Sp2ms | life/ your |
- 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.
- H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
- H2256 — חֶבֶל (chebel, kheh'-bel): or חֵבֶל; from חָבַל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
- H2421 — חָיָה (châyâh, khaw-yaw'): a primitive root (compare חָוָה, חָיָה); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
- H2617 — חֵסֵד (chêçêd, kheh'-sed): from חָסַד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
- H3318 — יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
- H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
- H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
- H4975 — מֹתֶן (môthen, mo'-then): from an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins; [phrase] greyhound, loins, side.
- 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.
- H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
- H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
- 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.
- H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
- H8242 — שַׂק (saq, sak): from שָׁקַק; properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.); sack(-cloth, -clothes).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H194 — אוּלַי (ʼûwlay, oo-lah'ee): or (shortened) אֻלַי; from אוֹ; if not; hence perhaps; if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.
- 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).
- 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.
- H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
- 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.
- H4994 — נָא (nâʼ, naw): a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction; I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- his servants — 1 Kings 20:23, 2 Kings 5:13
- merciful kings — Proverbs 20:28, Isaiah 16:5, Ephesians 1:7-8
- peradventure — 2 Kings 7:4, Esther 4:16, Job 2:4, Matthew 10:28
- put sackcloth — Genesis 37:34, 2 Samuel 3:31, 2 Samuel 14:2, 1 Kings 21:27-29, 2 Kings 19:1-2, Esther 4:1-3, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 37:1, Jonah 3:5-6, Revelation 11:3
Reciprocal references (7): Genesis 32:20, Joshua 9:4, Esther 7:3, Job 41:4, Amos 5:15, Luke 14:32, Luke 15:18
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