H4428G–מֶ֫לֶךְ–me.lekh

And the king of Israel answereth and saith, `Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing `his armour'.'

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And it cometh to pass at the hearing of this word -- and he is drinking, he and the kings, in the booths -- that he saith unto his servants, `Set yourselves;' and they set themselves against the city.

וְהַמְּלָכִ֖ים (מְּלָכִ֖ים) me.la.Khim “kings”

And lo, a certain prophet hath come nigh unto Ahab king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, `Hast thou seen all this great multitude? lo, I am giving it into thy hand to-day, and thou hast known that I `am' Jehovah.'

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

and they go out at noon, and Ben-Hadad is drinking -- drunk in the booths, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings, helping him.

וְהַמְּלָכִ֛ים (מְּלָכִ֛ים) me.la.Khim “kings”מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “king[s]”

and smite each his man, and Aram fleeth, and Israel pursueth them, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram escapeth on a horse, and the horsemen;

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

and the king of Israel goeth out, and smiteth the horses, and the charioteers, and hath smitten among the Aramaeans a great smiting.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And the prophet cometh nigh unto the king of Israel, and saith to him, `Go, strengthen thyself, and know and see that which thou dost, for at the turn of the year the king of Aram is coming up against thee.'

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him, `Gods of hills `are' their gods, therefore they were stronger than we; and yet, we fight with them in the plain -- are we not stronger than they?

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

`And this thing do thou: turn aside the kings each out of his place, and set captains in their stead;

הַמְּלָכִים֙ (מְּלָכִים֙) me.la.Khim “kings”

And there cometh nigh a man of God, and speaketh unto the king of Israel, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, Because that the Aramaeans have said, God of hills `is' Jehovah, and He `is' not God of valleys -- I have given the whole of this great multitude into thy hand, and ye have known that I `am' Jehovah.'

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And his servants say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel -- that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.'

מַלְכֵי֙ mal.Khei “[the] kings of”מַלְכֵ֥י mal.Khei “[are] kings of”מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And they gird sackcloth on their loins, and ropes `are' on their heads, and they come in unto the king of Israel, and say, `Thy servant Ben-Hadad hath said, Let me live, I pray thee;' and he saith, `Is he yet alive? he `is' my brother.'

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

and the prophet goeth and standeth for the king on the way, and disguiseth himself with ashes on his eyes.

לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

And it cometh to pass -- the king is passing by -- that he hath cried unto the king, and saith, `Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle, and lo, a man hath turned aside and bringeth in unto me a man, and saith, Keep this man; if he be at all missing, then hath thy life been for his life, or a talent of silver thou dost weigh out;

הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

and it cometh to pass, thy servant is working hither and thither, and he is not!' and the king of Israel saith unto him, Right `is' thy judgment; thou hast determined `it'.'

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And he hasteth and turneth aside the ashes from off his eyes, and the king of Israel discerneth him, that he `is' of the prophets,

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

and the king of Israel goeth unto his house, sulky and wroth, and cometh in to Samaria.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

And it cometh to pass, after these things, a vineyard hath been to Naboth the Jezreelite, that `is' in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab king of Samaria,

מֶ֖לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.'

וָמֶ֑לֶךְ (מֶ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[the] king”

and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;

וָמֶ֑לֶךְ (מֶ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “[the] king”

`Rise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who `is' in Samaria, -- lo, in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he hath gone down to possess it,

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

and it cometh to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat king of Judah cometh down unto the king of Israel,

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

and the king of Israel saith unto his servants, `Have ye not known that ours `is' Ramoth-Gilead? and we are keeping silent from taking it out of the hand of the king of Aram!'

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And he saith unto Jehoshaphat, `Dost thou go with me to battle `to' Ramoth-Gilead?' and Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `As I am, so thou; as my people, so thy people; as my horses, so thy horses.'

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

And Jehoshaphat saith unto the king of Israel, `Seek, I pray thee, to-day, the word of Jehovah;'

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”