1 Kings 20:14

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אַחְאָב֙ בְּמִ֔י וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בְּנַעֲרֵ֖י שָׂרֵ֣י הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת וַיֹּ֛אמֶר מִֽי־יֶאְסֹ֥ר הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אָֽתָּה

Transliteration

And yōʾmer ʾAḥʾāb, "By-whom?" And yōʾmer, "Thus-ʾāmar YHWH, By-naʿărê śārê the-mədînôt." And yōʾmer, "Who-yeʾsōr the-milḥāmāh?" And yōʾmer, "You"

Grammar Details

• *yōʾmer*: verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'said'
• *ʾAḥʾāb*: proper noun, masculine - 'Ahab'
• *ʾāmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'said'
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *naʿărê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - 'young men of'
• *śārê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - 'princes/officials of'
• *mədînôt*: noun, feminine, plural with definite article - 'the provinces'
• *yeʾsōr*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'will begin/bind'
• *milḥāmāh*: noun, feminine, singular with definite article - 'the battle'

Word Meanings

• *naʿărê*: young men/servants/attendants
• *śārê*: princes/officials/commanders
• *yeʾsōr*: will begin/bind/tie/order
• *milḥāmāh*: battle/war/fighting

Referenced Verses

• Gen 14:14-16 : 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
• Judg 7:16-20 : 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
• 1 Sam 17:50 : 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
• 1 Kgs 18:44 : 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
• 1 Cor 1:27-29 : 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.