1 Kings 20:31
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

Young's Literal Translation

And his servants say unto him, ‘Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel—that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.’

King James Bible

And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel [are] merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

Hebrew
Then the servants of [Ben-hadad]
עֲבָדָיו֒ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

said
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to him,
אֵלָיו֮ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“Look
הִנֵּֽה־ (hin·nêh-)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

now,
נָ֣א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

we have heard
שָׁמַ֔עְנוּ (šā·ma‘·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

that
כִּ֗י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the kings
מַלְכֵי֙ (mal·ḵê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of the house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

are merciful.
חֶ֖סֶד (ḥe·seḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

Let us go out
וְנֵצֵא֙ (wə·nê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the king
מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

[with]
נָשִׂ֣ימָה (nā·śî·māh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

sackcloth
שַׂקִּ֨ים (śaq·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag

around our waists
בְּמָתְנֵ֜ינוּ (bə·mā·ṯə·nê·nū)
Preposition-b | Noun - mdc | first person common plural
Strong's 4975: The waist, small of the back, the loins

and ropes
וַחֲבָלִ֣ים (wa·ḥă·ḇā·lîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2256: A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin

around our heads.
בְּרֹאשֵׁ֗נוּ (bə·rō·šê·nū)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 7218: The head

Perhaps
אוּלַ֖י (’ū·lay)
Adverb
Strong's 194: Perhaps

he will spare
יְחַיֶּ֥ה (yə·ḥay·yeh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

your life.”
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ (nap̄·še·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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