1 Kings 20:32
So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
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ASV
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
KJV
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben–hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּחְגְּרוּ֩ | vai.yach.ge.Ru | and they girded | H2296 → |
| שַׂקִּ֨ים | sa.Kim | sackcloth<s> | H8242 → |
| בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֜ם | be.ma.te.nei.Hem | on loins their | H4975 → |
| וַחֲבָלִ֣ים | va.cha.va.Lim | and ropes | H2256 → |
| בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶ֗ם | be.ra.shei.Hem | on heads their | H7218 → |
| וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ | vai.ya.Vo.'u | and they went | H935 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | Me.lekh | [the] king of | H4428 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | vai.Yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| עַבְדְּךָ֧ | 'av.de.Kha | servant your | H5650 → |
| בֶן־ | ven- | Ben | H1130 → |
| הֲדַ֛ד | ha.Dad | Hadad | H1130 → |
| אָמַ֖ר | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| תְּחִֽי־ | te.chi- | let it live | H2421 → |
| נָ֣א | na' | please | H4994 → |
| נַפְשִׁ֑י | naf.Shi | life my | H5315 → |
| וַיֹּ֛אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| הַעוֹדֶ֥נּוּ | ha.'o.De.nu | ¿ [is] still he | H5750 → |
| חַ֖י | chai | alive | H2416 → |
| אָחִ֥י | 'a.Chi | [is] brother my | H251 → |
| הֽוּא׃ | Hu' | he | H1931 → |
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