| 11. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 21:11:1 ⧉וַיַּעֲשׂוּ֩vayaasuand they did 1 Kings 21:11:2 ⧉אַנְשֵׁ֨יanshemen of 1 Kings 21:11:3 ⧉עִיר֜וֹirohis city 1 Kings 21:11:4 ⧉הַזְּקֵנִ֣יםhazzekenimthe elders 1 Kings 21:11:5 ⧉וְהַחֹרִ֗יםvehakhorimand the nobles 1 Kings 21:11:6 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֤רasherwho 1 Kings 21:11:7 ⧉הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙hayyoshevimthe ones dwelling 1 Kings 21:11:8 ⧉בְּעִיר֔וֹbeiroin his city 1 Kings 21:11:9 ⧉כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רkaasheraccording as 1 Kings 21:11:10 ⧉שָׁלְחָ֥הshalkhashe sent 1 Kings 21:11:11 ⧉אֲלֵיהֶ֖םalehemto them 1 Kings 21:11:12 ⧉אִיזָ֑בֶלizavelJezebel 1 Kings 21:11:13 ⧉כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רkaasheraccording as 1 Kings 21:11:14 ⧉כָּתוּב֙katuvwritten 1 Kings 21:11:15 ⧉בַּסְּפָרִ֔יםbassefarimin the letters 1 Kings 21:11:16 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwhich 1 Kings 21:11:17 ⧉שָׁלְחָ֖הshalkhashe sent 1 Kings 21:11:18 ⧉אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃alehemto them |
| 11. Formal Translation And the men of his city—the elders and the nobles—who dwelt in his city did as Jezebel had commanded them, just as it was written in the letters she had dispatched. |
| 11. Dynamic Translation So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did exactly as Jezebel had instructed, just as it was written in the letters she sent to them. |