| 9. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 16:9:1 ⧉וַיִּקְשֹׁ֤רvayikshorand conspired 1 Kings 16:9:2 ⧉עָלָיו֙alavagainst him 1 Kings 16:9:3 ⧉עַבְדּ֣וֹavdohis servant 1 Kings 16:9:4 ⧉זִמְרִ֔יzimriZimri 1 Kings 16:9:5 ⧉שַׂ֖רsarcommander 1 Kings 16:9:6 ⧉מַחֲצִ֣יתmakhatsithalf of 1 Kings 16:9:7 ⧉הָרָ֑כֶבharakhevthe chariot force 1 Kings 16:9:8 ⧉וְה֤וּאvehuand he 1 Kings 16:9:9 ⧉בְתִרְצָה֙betirtsain Tirzah 1 Kings 16:9:10 ⧉שֹׁתֶ֣הshotedrinking 1 Kings 16:9:11 ⧉שִׁכּ֔וֹרshikordrunk 1 Kings 16:9:12 ⧉בֵּ֣יתbethouse of 1 Kings 16:9:13 ⧉אַרְצָ֔אartsaArza 1 Kings 16:9:14 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwho 1 Kings 16:9:15 ⧉עַל־הַבַּ֖יִתalhabayitover the house 1 Kings 16:9:16 ⧉בְּתִרְצָֽה׃betirtsain Tirzah |
| 9. Formal Translation And his servant Zimri, the commander of half the chariots, conspired against him while he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah. |
| 9. Dynamic Translation Zimri, one of his officers in charge of half the chariots, plotted against him while he was in Tirzah, getting drunk at Arza’s house, who oversaw the palace in Tirzah. |