1 Kings 21:5
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And Jezabel, his wife, went in to him, and said to him: What is the matter that thy soul is so grieved? and why eatest thou no bread?

Jezebel

1 Kings 21:25 Now, there was not such another as Achab, who was sold to do evil in the sight of the Lord: for his wife, Jezabel, set him on,

1 Kings 16:31 Nor was it enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat: but he also took to wife Jezabel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians. And he went, and served Baal, and adored him.

1 Kings 18:4 For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water.

1 Kings 19:2 And Jezabel sent a messenger to Elias, saying: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and add still more, if by this hour to morrow I make not thy life as the life of one of them.

Genesis 3:6 And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband, who did eat.

Why is thy spirit

2 Samuel 13:4 And he said to him: Why dost thou grow so lean from day to day, O son of the king? why dost thou not tell me the reason of it? And Ammon said to him: I am in love with Thamar the sister of my brother Absalom.

Nehemiah 2:2 And the king said to me: Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou dost not appear to be sick? this is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in thy heart. And I was seized with an exceeding great fear:

Esther 4:5 And she called for Athach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed to attend upon her, and she commanded him to go to Mardochai, and learn of him why he did this.

Context
Naboth's Vineyard
4And Achab came into his house angry and fretting, because of the word that Naboth, the Jezrahelite, had spoken to him, saying: I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And casting himself upon his bed, he turned away his face to the wall, and would eat no bread. 5And Jezabel, his wife, went in to him, and said to him: What is the matter that thy soul is so grieved? and why eatest thou no bread?6And he answered her: I spoke to Naboth, the Jezrahelite, and said to him: Give me thy vineyard, and take money for it: or if it please thee, I will give thee a better vineyard for it. And he said: I will not give thee my vineyard.…
Cross References
1 Kings 21:4
And Achab came into his house angry and fretting, because of the word that Naboth, the Jezrahelite, had spoken to him, saying: I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And casting himself upon his bed, he turned away his face to the wall, and would eat no bread.

1 Kings 21:6
And he answered her: I spoke to Naboth, the Jezrahelite, and said to him: Give me thy vineyard, and take money for it: or if it please thee, I will give thee a better vineyard for it. And he said: I will not give thee my vineyard.

Lexicon
Soon his wife
אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ (’iš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

Jezebel
אִיזֶ֣בֶל (’î·ze·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 348: Jezebel -- queen of Israel with King Ahab

came in
וַתָּבֹ֥א (wat·tā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and asked,
וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר (wat·tə·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

“Why
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

are you
רוּחֲךָ֣ (rū·ḥă·ḵā)
Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

so
זֶּה֙ (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

sullen
סָרָ֔ה (sā·rāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5620: Stubborn, resentful, sullen, implacable

that you refuse
וְאֵינְךָ֖ (wə·’ê·nə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

to eat?”
אֹכֵ֥ל (’ō·ḵêl)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat


Additional Translations
Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?

But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them

And Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit sullen, and thou eatest no bread?

But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, "Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?"

And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, 'What is this? -- thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!'
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