forכִּיa wordדָבָרcame to meאֵלַיby the wordבִּדְבַרof YHWH:יְהוָה‘You shall notלֹאeatתֹאכַלbreadלֶחֶםand you shall notוְלֹאdrinkתִשְׁתֶּהwaterמָיִםthere;שָׁםyou shall notלֹאreturnתָשׁוּבby goingלָלֶכֶתby the wayבַּדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרyou wentהָלַכְתָּby it.’”בָּהּ
1 Kings 13:17
Study it in the app“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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.