1 Kings 21:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”

Young's Literal Translation
And Jezebel his wife cometh in unto him, and speaketh unto him, ‘What [is] this?—thy spirit sulky, and thou art not eating bread!’

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

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

Jezebel
אִיזֶ֣בֶל (’î·ze·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 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 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 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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