KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And it came to pass,” | וַיְהִ֞י | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | came pass |
| “when Zimri” | זִמְרִי֙ | Zimri, the name of five Israelites, and of an Arabian tribe | Zimri |
| “saw” | כִּרְא֤וֹת | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | saw |
| “that” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | that |
| “the city” | הָעִ֔יר | A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | city |
| “was taken,” | נִלְכְּדָ֣ה | To catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere | taken |
| “that he went” | וַיָּבֹ֖א | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | that he went |
| “into” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | into |
| “the palace” | אַרְמ֣וֹן | A citadel (from its height) | palace |
| “of the king's” | הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | A king | kings |
| “house,” | בֵּית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “and burnt” | וַיִּשְׂרֹ֨ף | To be (causatively, set) on fire | burnt |
| “the king's” | מֶ֛לֶךְ | A king | kings |
| “house” | בֵּֽית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “over” | עָלָ֧יו | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | over |
| “him with fire,” | בָּאֵ֖שׁ | Fire (literally or figuratively) | fire |
| “and died,” | וַיָּמֹֽת׃ | To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill | died |
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16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,
19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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