1 Kings 21:15
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”
קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
חַי
is alive
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חַי
Life, living. Chay. The quality of being alive. The same root as Chayim, life in its fullness. God breathed chay into Adam's nostrils and he became a living soul.
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יָרַשׁ
take possession of
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יָרַשׁ
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
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מוּת
he has died
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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סָקַל
he had been stoned
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סָקַל
properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)
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נָבוֹת
Naboth
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נָבוֹת
Naboth, an Israelite
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כֶּרֶם
the vineyard of
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כֶּרֶם
a garden or vineyard
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מָאֵן
he refused
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מָאֵן
to refuse
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