1st Kings 20:32
They girded their loins with sackcloths, and put cords in their heads, and they came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let my soul live. And he said, If Benhadad liveth yet, he is my brother.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- בֶּן־הֲדַדBen-HădadBen-Hadad, the name of several Syrian kings
- חָגַרchâgarto gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.)
- מֹתֶןmôthenproperly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
- שַׂקsaqproperly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking
- חֶבֶלchebela rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritanc
- חָיָהchâyâhto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Ki 20:3–6, 1Ki 20:42, Isa 10:12, Dan 5:20–23, Job 12:17–18, Job 40:11–12, 1Ki 20:31, 1Sa 15:8–20