1 Kings 13:17

“for a word came to me by the word of YHWH: ‘You shall not eat bread and you shall not drink water there; you shall not return by going by the way that you went by it.’””

1 Kings 13:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 13:17, word by word

a wordדָבָרdavar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “davar” appears
of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
eatתֹאכַלtochal

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “tochal” appears
breadלֶחֶםlechem

food

Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.

Where else “lechem” appears
drinkתִשְׁתֶּהtishte

drink

Drink.

Where else “tishte” appears
waterמָיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears
returnתָשׁוּבtashuv

return

To go back to a place.

Where else “tashuv” appears
by goingלֶכֶתlechet

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “lechet” appears
by the wayדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

Where else “derech” appears
you wentהָלַכְתָּhalachta

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

Where else “halachta” appears

The context

16He said, “I cannot return with you or go in with you; and I will not eat bread and I will not drink water with you in this place;

17 · This verse (above)

18He said to him, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of YHWH, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” He lied to him.

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