1 Kings 22:19

Webster's Bible (1833)

[Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לָכֵ֖ן שְׁמַ֣ע דְּבַר־יְהוָ֑ה רָאִ֤יתִי אֶת־יְהוָה֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב עַל־כִּסְא֔וֹ וְכָל־צְבָ֤א הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ עֹמֵ֣ד עָלָ֔יו מִימִינ֖וֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer, therefore šəmaʿ dəb̄ar-YHWH: rāʾîtî ʾet-YHWH yōšēb̄ upon-kisʾô, and-all-ṣəb̄āʾ the-šāmayim ʿōmēd upon-him, from-yəmînô and-from-śəmōʾlô.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
• *šəmaʿ*: qal imperative ms - hear/listen
• *dəb̄ar-YHWH*: construct noun phrase - word of YHWH
• *rāʾîtî*: qal perfect 1cs - I saw
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *yōšēb̄*: qal participle ms - sitting
• *kisʾô*: masculine singular noun with 3ms suffix - his throne
• *ṣəb̄āʾ*: masculine singular construct - host/army of
• *šāmayim*: masculine dual/plural noun with definite article - the heaven(s)
• *ʿōmēd*: qal participle ms - standing
• *yəmînô*: feminine singular noun with 3ms suffix - his right hand/side
• *śəmōʾlô*: feminine singular noun with 3ms suffix - his left hand/side

Word Meanings

• *šəmaʿ*: hear/listen/heed/obey
• *dəb̄ar*: word/speech/saying/matter
• *rāʾîtî*: I saw/observed/beheld
• *yōšēb̄*: sitting/dwelling/residing/enthroned
• *kisʾô*: his throne/seat
• *ṣəb̄āʾ*: host/army/warriors/assembled group
• *šāmayim*: heaven(s)/sky
• *ʿōmēd*: standing/positioned/serving
• *yəmînô*: his right hand/side/south side
• *śəmōʾlô*: his left hand/side/north side

Referenced Verses

• Job 1:6 : 6 Now it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan also came among them.
• Job 2:1 : 1 Again it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.
• Dan 7:9-9 : 9 I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, [and] the wheels of it burning fire. 10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
• Heb 1:7 : 7 Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels winds, And his servants a flame of fire."
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Aren't they all ministering spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
• Ps 103:20-21 : 20 Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, Who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, Obeying the voice of his word. 21 Praise Yahweh, all you hosts of his, You servants of his, who do his pleasure.
• Isa 6:1-3 : 1 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew. 3 One called to another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Hosts! The whole earth is full of his glory!"
• Matt 18:10 : 10 See that you don't despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
• Ezek 1:26-28 : 26 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire{or, lapis lazuli} stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above. 27 I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
• Ezek 13:2 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say you to those who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear you the word of Yahweh:
• Amos 7:16 : 16 Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: 'You say, Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac.'
• Zech 1:10 : 10 The man who stood among the myrtle trees answered, "They are the ones Yahweh has sent to go back and forth through the earth."
• Rev 4:2-3 : 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne 3 that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.
• Rev 5:11 : 11 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands;
• Isa 28:14 : 14 Why hear the word of Yahweh, you scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:
• Jer 2:4 : 4 Hear you the word of Yahweh, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
• Jer 29:20 : 20 Hear you therefore the word of Yahweh, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
• Jer 42:15 : 15 now therefore hear you the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah: Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, If you indeed set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
• Isa 1:10 : 10 Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
• Matt 25:31 : 31 "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
• Acts 7:55-56 : 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
• 2 Chr 18:18-22 : 18 [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 Yahweh said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? One spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20 There came forth a spirit, and stood before Yahweh, and said, I will entice him. Yahweh said to him, 'How?' 21 He said, 'I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You shall entice him, and shall prevail also: go forth, and do so.' 22 Now therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets; and Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you.