Hebrew Interlinear

1 Kings 16:31 Interlinear

And it came to pass as if it had been a light thing in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians and served Baal and worshipped

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַֽיְהִי֙H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2הֲנָקֵ֣לH7043And it came to pass as if it had been a light thingto be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
3לֶכְתּ֔וֹH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
4בְּחַטֹּ֖אותH2403in the sinsan offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
5יָֽרָבְעָ֣םH3379of Jeroboamjarobam, the name of two israelite kings
6בֶּןH1121the sona son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
7נְבָ֑טH5028of Nebatnebat, the father of jeroboam i
8וַיִּקַּ֨חH3947that he tookto take (in the widest variety of applications)
9אִשָּׁ֜הH802to wifea woman
10אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
11אִיזֶ֗בֶלH348Jezebelizebel, the wife of king ahab
12בַּתH1323the daughtera daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
13אֶתְבַּ֙עַל֙H856of Ethbaalethbaal, a phoenician king
14מֶ֣לֶךְH4428kinga king
15צִֽידֹנִ֔יםH6722of the Zidoniansa tsidonian or inhabitant of tsidon
16וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
17וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֣דH5647and servedto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
18אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
19הַבַּ֔עַלH1168Baalbaal, a phoenician deity
20וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּH7812and worshippedto depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)
21לֽוֹ׃H0

Verse Context

1 Kings 16:30did And Ahab the son of Omri evil in the sight...
1 Kings 16:31 (current) And it came to pass as if it had been a light thing in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians and served Baal and worshipped
1 Kings 16:32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house for Baal ...

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