1 Kings 22:30

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the King of Israel sayde to Iehoshaphat, I will change mine apparell, and will enter into the battell, but put thou on thine apparell; the King of Israel changed himselfe, and went into the battel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט הִתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ וָבֹ֣א בַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְאַתָּ֖ה לְבַ֣שׁ בְּגָדֶ֑יךָ וַיִּתְחַפֵּשׂ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיָּב֖וֹא בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer melek Yiśrāʾēl to-Yəhôšāp̄āṭ, hitḥappēś wā-b̄ōʾ in-the-milḥāmâ, and-you ləb̄aš bəg̱ādêkā. wə-yitḥappēś melek Yiśrāʾēl wə-yāb̄ôʾ in-the-milḥāmâ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
• *melek*: masculine singular construct - king of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *Yəhôšāp̄āṭ*: proper noun - Jehoshaphat
• *hitḥappēś*: hitpael imperative ms - disguise yourself
• *wā-b̄ōʾ*: waw conjunctive + qal imperative ms - and enter
• *milḥāmâ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the battle
• *ləb̄aš*: qal imperative ms - wear
• *bəg̱ādêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2ms suffix - your garments
• *wə-yitḥappēś*: waw consecutive + hitpael imperfect 3ms - and he disguised himself
• *wə-yāb̄ôʾ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he entered

Word Meanings

• *hitḥappēś*: disguise yourself/conceal your identity
• *b̄ōʾ*: enter/come/go
• *milḥāmâ*: battle/war/combat
• *ləb̄aš*: wear/put on/clothe yourself with
• *bəg̱ādêkā*: your garments/clothes/robes
• *yitḥappēś*: he disguised himself/concealed his identity
• *yāb̄ôʾ*: he entered/came/went

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 35:22 : 22 But Iosiah would not turne his face from him, but changed his apparel to fight with him, and hearkened not vnto the wordes of Necho, which were of the mouth of God, but came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
• Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide him selfe in secrete places, that I shall not see him, sayth the Lorde? Do not I fill heauen and earth, saieth the Lord?
• Ps 12:2 : 2 They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.
• Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisedome, neither vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord.
• 1 Sam 28:8 : 8 Then Saul changed him selfe, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he saide, I pray thee, coniecture vnto me by the familiar spirite, and bring me him vp whome I shall name vnto thee.
• 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Ioab sent to Tekoah, and brought thence a subtile woman, & sayd vnto her, I pray thee, fayne thy selfe to mourne, and nowe put on mourning apparel, & anoynt not thy selfe with oyle: but be as a woman that had now long time mourned for the dead.
• 1 Kgs 14:2 : 2 And Ieroboam saide vnto his wife, Vp, I pray thee, and disguise thy selfe, that they know not that thou art the wife of Ieroboam, and goe to Shiloh: for there is Ahiiah the Prophet, which tolde mee that I shoulde bee King ouer this people,
• 1 Kgs 20:38 : 38 So the Prophet departed, & wayted for the King by the way, & disguised himselfe with ashes vpon his face.
• 1 Kgs 22:10 : 10 And the King of Israel & Iehoshaphat the King of Iudah sate either of them on his throne in their apparell in the voyde place at the entring in of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets prophecied before them.
• 2 Chr 18:29 : 29 And the King of Israel said vnto Iehoshaphat, I will change my selfe, and enter into the battel: but put thou on thine apparel. So the King of Israel changed himselfe, and they went into the battel.