When the prophetוַ הַנָּבִיאwhoאֲשֶׁרhad brought him backהֱשִׁיבוֹfromמִןthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְheard it,יִּשְׁמַעhe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“It is the manאִישׁ הוּאof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרrebelled againstמָרָהthe commandפִּיof YHWH;יְהוָהso YHWHוַ יְהוָהhas given himיִּתְּנֵהוּto the lion,לָאַרְיֵהand it has mauled himוַיִּשְׁבְּרֵהוּand put him to death,וַיְמִתֵהוּaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרto him.”לוֹ
1 Kings 13:26
Study it in the app“When the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of Elohim who rebelled against the command of YHWH; so YHWH has given him to the lion, and it has mauled him and put him to death, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke to him.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 13:26, word by word
- When 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 wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- heard itיִּשְׁמַעyishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishma” appears- he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “It is 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- rebelled againstמָרָהmara
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “mara” appears- the commandפִּיpi
command
Literally "the mouth": what someone says or decrees.
Where else “pi” 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- has given himיִּתְּנֵyitne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitne” appears- to the lionאַרְיֵהarye
lion
Lion.
Where else “arye” appears- and it has mauled himיִּשְׁבְּרֵyishbre
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “yishbre” appears- and put him to deathיְמִתֵyemite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemite” appears- according to the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- he spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears
The context
25And there men were passing by, and they saw the corpse thrown on the way, and the lion standing beside the corpse; and they came and spoke of it in the city where the old prophet lived.
26 · This verse (above)
27He spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled it.