| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 21:3:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvayomerand he said 1 Kings 21:3:2 ⧉נָב֖וֹתnavotNaboth 1 Kings 21:3:3 ⧉אֶל־אַחְאָ֑בelakhavto Ahab 1 Kings 21:3:4 ⧉חָלִ֤ילָהkhalilafar be it 1 Kings 21:3:5 ⧉לִּי֙lifrom me or for me 1 Kings 21:3:6 ⧉מֵֽיהוָ֔הmeyahwehfrom the LORD 1 Kings 21:3:7 ⧉מִתִּתִּ֛יmitittifrom my giving 1 Kings 21:3:8 ⧉אֶת־נַחֲלַ֥תetnakhalat{direct object marker} inheritance of 1 Kings 21:3:9 ⧉אֲבֹתַ֖יavotaimy fathers 1 Kings 21:3:10 ⧉לָֽךְ׃lakhto you |
| 3. Formal Translation But Naboth said to Ahab, “May the LORD {Yahweh, Moral Guardian} keep me from giving you the inheritance of my fathers.” |
| 3. Dynamic Translation Naboth replied to Ahab, “The LORD {Yahweh, Covenant Watcher} forbid that I would ever give you my ancestors’ inheritance.” |