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Their fatherאֲבִיהֶםsaidוַיְדַבֵּרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Whichאֵי זֶהwayהַדֶּרֶךְdid he go?”הָלָךְAnd his sonsוַ בָנָיוhad seenיִּרְאוּthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרthe manאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרhad comeבָּאfrom Judahמִיהוּדָהhad gone.הָלַךְ
1 Kings 13:12
Study it in the app“Their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” And his sons had seen the way that the man of Elohim who had come from Judah had gone.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 13:12, word by word
- Their fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- saidיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- did he goהָלָךְhalach
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appears- And his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- had seenיִּרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- had comeבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- from Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appears
The context
11Now an old prophet lived in Bethel; and his son came and told him all the deeds that the man of Elohim had done that day in Bethel; the words that he had spoken to the king, they told them to their father.
12 · This verse (above)
13He said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled the donkey for him, and he rode on it.