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And it happened,וַיְהִיas theyהֵםwere sittingיֹשְׁבִיםatאֶלthe table,הַשֻּׁלְחָןthat the wordוַ דְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיtoאֶלthe prophetהַנָּבִיאwhoאֲשֶׁרhad brought him back;הֱשִׁיבוֹ
1 Kings 13:20
Study it in the app“And it happened, as they were sitting at the table, that the word of YHWH came to the prophet who had brought him back;”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 13:20, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- were sittingיֹשְׁבִיםyoshvim
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- the tableשֻּׁלְחָןshulchan
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchan” appears- that the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” 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- the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- had brought him backהֱשִׁיבheshiv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “heshiv” appears
The context
19So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water.
20 · This verse (above)
21and he cried out to the man of Elohim who had come from Judah, saying, “Thus says YHWH: ‘Because you have rebelled against the command of YHWH and have not kept the commandment that YHWH your Elohim commanded you,