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The altarוְהַמִּזְבֵּחַwas torn apart,נִקְרָעand the ashesוַ הַדֶּשֶׁןwere poured outיִּשָּׁפֵךְfromמִןthe altar,הַמִּזְבֵּחַaccording to the wonderכַּמּוֹפֵתthatאֲשֶׁרthe manאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhad givenנָתַןby the wordבִּדְבַרof YHWH.יְהוָה
1 Kings 13:5
Study it in the app“The altar was torn apart, and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the wonder that the man of Elohim had given by the word of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 13:5, word by word
- The altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- was torn apartנִקְרָעnikra
tear away
To take something away violently, as a piece of cloth is torn off: a kingdom.
Where else “nikra” appears- and the ashesדֶּשֶׁןdeshen
ashes
The dust left on the altar after burning.
Where else “deshen” appears- were poured outיִּשָּׁפֵךְyishafech
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “yishafech” appears- according to the wonderמּוֹפֵתmofet
portent
A sign of what is to come.
Where else “mofet” appears- 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- had givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- by the wordדְבַרdevar
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 context
4And it happened when the king heard the word of the man of Elohim, which he had cried out against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” But his hand dried up, which he had stretched out against him, and he could not draw it back to himself.
5 · This verse (above)
6The king answered and said to the man of Elohim, “Entreat, please, the face of YHWH your Elohim, and pray for me, that my hand may return to me.” And the man of Elohim entreated the face of YHWH, and the king’s hand returned to him, and it was as at the first.