1 Kings 21:24
The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field.”This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- כֶּלֶבkeleba dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute
- עוֹףʻôwpha bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- אַחְאָבʼAchʼâbAchab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
- שָׂדֶהsâdeha field (as flat)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Ki 16:4, 1Ki 14:11, Jer 15:3, Isa 14:19, Rev 19:18, Ezk 32:4–5, Ezk 39:18–20