| 18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 16:18:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֞יvayehiand it happened 1 Kings 16:18:2 ⧉כִּרְא֤וֹתkirotwhen seeing 1 Kings 16:18:3 ⧉זִמְרִי֙zimriZimri 1 Kings 16:18:4 ⧉כִּֽי־נִלְכְּדָ֣הkinilkedathat it had been captured 1 Kings 16:18:5 ⧉הָעִ֔ירhairthe city 1 Kings 16:18:6 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֖אvayaboand he went 1 Kings 16:18:7 ⧉אֶל־אַרְמ֣וֹןelarmoninto the citadel 1 Kings 16:18:8 ⧉בֵּית־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְbethamelekhof the house of the king 1 Kings 16:18:9 ⧉וַיִּשְׂרֹ֨ףvayisrofand he burned 1 Kings 16:18:10 ⧉עָלָ֧יוalavupon himself 1 Kings 16:18:11 ⧉אֶת־בֵּֽית־מֶ֛לֶךְetbetmelekh{direct object} the house of the king 1 Kings 16:18:12 ⧉בָּאֵ֖שׁbaeshwith fire 1 Kings 16:18:13 ⧉וַיָּמֹֽת׃vayamotand he died |
| 18. Formal Translation And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the royal palace and burned it over himself with fire, and he died. |
| 18. Dynamic Translation When Zimri realized the city had been taken, he went into the royal palace and set it on fire around himself, and so he died. |