1 Kings 13:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אִישׁ־הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אִם־תִּתֶּן־לִי֙ אֶת־חֲצִ֣י בֵיתֶ֔ךָ לֹ֥א אָבֹ֖א עִמָּ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־אֹ֤כַל לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְלֹ֣א אֶשְׁתֶּה־מַּ֔יִם בַּמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer ʾîš-hāʾĕlōhîm to hammelek if titten-lî ḥăṣî bêtekā not ʾābōʾ with you and not ʾōkal leḥem and not ʾešteh-mayim in hammāqôm hazzeh.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said
*ʾîš-hāʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine plural with definite article - man of the God
*hammelek*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the king
*ʾim-*: conjunction - if
*titten-lî*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular + preposition + 1st common singular suffix - you give to me
*ḥăṣî*: noun, masculine singular construct - half of
*bêtekā*: noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your house
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʾābōʾ*: verb, qal imperfect 1st common singular - I will come
*ʿimmāk*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - with you
*ʾōkal*: verb, qal imperfect 1st common singular - I will eat
*leḥem*: noun, masculine singular - bread/food
*ʾešteh-mayim*: verb, qal imperfect 1st common singular + noun, masculine plural - I will drink water
*bammāqôm*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with definite article - in the place
*hazzeh*: demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this

Word Meanings

*ʾim-titten-lî ḥăṣî bêtekā*: if you give me half your house/even if you offer me half your kingdom
*lōʾ ʾābōʾ*: I will not come/I will not enter/I will not go
*lōʾ ʾōkal leḥem*: I will not eat bread/I will not consume food/I will not dine

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Num 22:18 : 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Num 24:13 : 13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
1 Kgs 13:16-17 : 16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: 17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
2 Kgs 5:16 : 16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
2 Kgs 5:26-27 : 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
Mark 6:11 : 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Mark 6:23 : 23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
2 Cor 11:9-9 : 9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. 10 As the truth of Christ is in me , no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
Exod 5:3 : 3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
Exod 5:6 : 6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
Exod 7:2 : 2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

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