1 Kings 18:9
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
חָטָא
have I sinned
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חָטָא
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
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עֶבֶד
servant/ your
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עֶבֶד
Servant, slave. Ebed. Moses was called the servant of the LORD, the highest honour. The greatest in God's kingdom is the servant of all.
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נָתַן
are giving
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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