1 Kings 18:9

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?

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

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Referenced Verses

Exod 5:21 : 21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

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