jezebel

«jezebel» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The name of the wife of King Ahab — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

proper noun

meaning for a pupil

The name of the wife of King Ahab. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Jezebel was a princess from Sidon who married King Ahab of Israel, promoted the worship of Baal, and killed prophets of the LORD. She plotted the death of Naboth to seize his vineyard. Interpretation: Tradition remembers her as the model of a wicked queen. Elijah's prophecy that dogs would eat her was fulfilled.

examples

• Then they sent to Jezebel, saying: 'Naboth is stoned, and is dead.' (Prophets 1KI.21.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the moat of Jezreel. (Prophets 1KI.21.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. (Prophets 1KI.19.1, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
• Then they sent to Jezebel, saying: 'Naboth is stoned, and is dead.'
• And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying: The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the moat of Jezreel.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jezebel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.