1 Kings 19:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Then Jezebelאִיזֶ֙בֶל֙
(i·ze·vel)
348: queen of Isr. with King Ahabof uncertain derivation
sentוַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח
(vat·tish·lach)
7971: to senda prim. root
a messengerמַלְאָ֔ךְ
(mal·'ach,)
4397: a messengerfrom an unused word
to Elijah,אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ
(e·li·ya·hu)
452: "Yah is God," a well-known prophet of Isr., also three other Isr.from el and Yah
saying,לֵאמֹ֑ר
(le·mor;)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
"Soכֹּֽה־
(koh-)
3541: thus, herea prim. adverb
may the godsאֱלֹהִים֙
(e·lo·him)
430: God, godpl. of eloah
doיַעֲשׂ֤וּן
(ya·'a·sun)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
to me and evenוְכֹ֣ה
(ve·choh)
3541: thus, herea prim. adverb
more,יֹוסִפ֔וּן
(yo·v·si·fun,)
3254: to adda prim. root
ifכִּֽי־
(ki-)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
I do not makeאָשִׂ֣ים
(a·sim)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
your lifeנַפְשְׁךָ֔
(naf·she·cha,)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
as the lifeכְּנֶ֖פֶשׁ
(ke·ne·fesh)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
of oneאַחַ֥ד
(a·chad)
259: onea prim. card. number
of them by tomorrowמָחָר֙
(ma·char)
4279: tomorrow, in time to comefrom an unused word
about this time."כָעֵ֤ת
(cha·'et)
6256: timeprobably from anah


















KJV Lexicon
Then Jezebel
'Iyzebel  (ee-zeh'-bel)
Izebel, the wife of king Ahab -- Jezebel.
sent
shalach  (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
a messenger
mal'ak  (mal-awk')
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) -- ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
unto Elijah
'Eliyah  (ay-lee-yaw')
God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites -- Elijah, Eliah.
saying
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
So let the gods
'elohiym  (el-o-heem')
angels, exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.
do
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
to me and more
yacaph  (yaw-saf')
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
also if I make
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
not thy life
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
as the life
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
of one
'echad  (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
of them by to morrow
machar  (maw-khar')
deferred, i.e. the morrow; usually (adverbially) tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter -- time to come, tomorrow.
about this time
`eth  (ayth)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time."

King James Bible
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don't make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow!"

International Standard Version
Jezebel sent a messenger to tell Elijah, "May the gods do the same to me and even more if tomorrow about this time I haven't made you like one of those prophets you had killed."

NET Bible
Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, "May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah. She said, "May the gods strike me dead if by this time tomorrow I don't take your life the way you took the lives of Baal's prophets."

King James 2000 Bible
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
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