Hebrew Interlinear

1 Kings 21:27 Interlinear

heard And it came to pass when Ahab those words that he rent his clothes and put in sackcloth upon his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went softly

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִי֩H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2כִשְׁמֹ֨עַH8085heardto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
3אַחְאָ֜בH256And it came to pass when Ahabachab, the name of a king of israel and of a prophet at babylon
4אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5הַדְּבָרִ֤יםH1697those wordsa word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
6הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙H428these or those
7וַיִּקְרַ֣עH7167that he rentto rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
8בְּגָדָ֔יוH899his clothesa covering, i.e., clothing
9וַיָּֽשֶׂםH7760and putto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
10בַּשָּׂ֔קH8242in sackclothproperly, 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 grai
11עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
12בְּשָׂר֖וֹH1320upon his fleshflesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
13וַיָּצ֑וֹםH6684and fastedto cover over (the mouth), i.e., to fast
14וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בH7901and layto lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
15בַּשָּׂ֔קH8242in sackclothproperly, 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 grai
16וַיְהַלֵּ֖ךְH1980and wentto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
17אַֽט׃H328softly(as an adverb) gently

Verse Context

1 Kings 21:26abominably And he did very idols ...
1 Kings 21:27 (current) heard And it came to pass when Ahab those words that he rent his clothes and put in sackcloth upon his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went softly
1 Kings 21:28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite...

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