1 Kings 18:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But Obadiah said, "What have I done wrong that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be killed?"

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מֶ֣ה חָטָ֑אתִי כִּֽי־אַתָּ֞ה נֹתֵ֧ן אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֛ בְּיַד־אַחְאָ֖ב לַהֲמִיתֵֽנִי

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer meh ḥāṭāʾtî that-ʾattāh nōtēn ʾet-ʿabdəkā in-yad-ʾaḥʾāb lahămîtēnî

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
• *meh*: interrogative pronoun - what
• *ḥāṭāʾtî*: qal perfect 1cs - I have sinned
• *ʾattāh*: pronoun 2ms - you
• *nōtēn*: qal participle masculine singular - giving
• *ʿabdəkā*: noun masculine singular + 2ms suffix - your servant
• *yad*: noun feminine singular construct - hand of
• *ʾaḥʾāb*: proper name - Ahab
• *lahămîtēnî*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct + 1cs suffix - to kill me

Word Meanings

• *ḥāṭāʾtî*: I have sinned/I have offended
• *nōtēn*: giving/delivering/handing over
• *yad*: hand/power/control
• *lahămîtēnî*: to kill me/to put me to death

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But he sayde: What haue I offended, that thou wilt delyuer thy seruaunt in to the handes of Achab, that he maye slaye me?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he said, What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest deliuer thy seruant into the hande of Ahab, to slay me?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He saide: What haue I sinned, that thou wouldest delyuer thy seruaunt into the hande of Ahab, to slay me?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?

• World English Bible (2000)

  He said, "Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Obadiah said,“What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution?

Referenced Verses

• Exod 5:21 : 21 They said to them, "May the Lord see and judge you, because you have made us obnoxious in the eyes of Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."
• 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 She said to Elijah, "What have I to do with you, man of God? Have you come to bring my sin to remembrance and to kill my son?"
• 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 But I, your servant, fear that if I leave, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to some place I don't know, and when I go to tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.