The prophetהַנָּבִיאpicked upוַיִּשָּׂאthe corpseנִבְלַתof the manאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםand laid himוַיַּנִּחֵהוּonאֶלthe donkeyהַחֲמוֹרand brought him back;וַיְשִׁיבֵהוּand he cameוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלthe cityעִירof the oldהַזָּקֵןprophetהַנָּבִיאto lamentלִסְפֹּדand to bury him.וּלְקָבְרוֹ
1 Kings 13:29
Study it in the app“The prophet picked up the corpse of the man of Elohim and laid him on the donkey and brought him back; and he came to the city of the old prophet to lament and to bury him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 13:29, word by word
- The prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- picked upיִּשָּׂאyisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appears- the corpseנִבְלַתnivlat
carcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlat” appears- of 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- and laid himיַּנִּחֵyaniche
put
To set something or someone in a place.
Where else “yaniche” appears- the donkeyחֲמוֹרchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears- and brought him backיְשִׁיבֵyeshive
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yeshive” appears- and he cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of the oldזָּקֵןzaken
old
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appears- to lamentסְפֹּדsepod
mourn, lament
Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.
Where else “sepod” appears- and to bury himקָבְרkavr
bury
Bury.
Where else “kavr” appears
The context
28He went and found his corpse thrown on the way, and the donkey and the lion standing beside the corpse; the lion had not eaten the corpse and had not mauled the donkey.
29 · This verse (above)
30He laid his corpse in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Alas, my brother!”