Jezebel
i.ze.vel is the proper name of Ahab's wife, portrayed in accounts of violence against prophets, Naboth's vineyard, and judgment at Jezreel.
The term is consistently a proper name identifying Ahab's wife: she is linked with the killing of the LORD's prophets, acts concerning Naboth's vineyard, and the announced and reported judgment at Jezreel.
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Proper name for Ahab's wife · dominant
The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout and identifies the woman called Ahab's wife in 1 Kings 21:5 and 1 Kings 21:25. In 1 Kings 18:4 the APB renders her cutting off the prophets of the LORD, while in 1 Kings 21:15 it renders her directing Ahab to take Naboth's vineyard after Naboth's death. In 2 Kings 9:36 the APB renders the reported fulfillment that dogs would eat her flesh in Jezreel.
In the Anselm Paraphrase: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the proper name directly, including in clauses about her actions, messages, and judgment. Because the APB is a paraphrase rather than word-aligned text, its surrounding wording confirms the narrative setting rather than supplying a separate lexical rendering.