But the manוַ אִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ“Ifאִםyou gaveתִּתֶּןmeלִיhalfחֲצִיof your house,בֵיתֶךָI would notלֹאgoאָבֹאwith you,עִמָּךְand I would notוְלֹאeatאֹכַלbreadלֶחֶםorוְdrinkלֹא אֶשְׁתֶּהwaterמַּיִםin thisבַּ הַזֶּהplace;מָּקוֹם
1 Kings 13:8
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1 Kings 13:8, word by word
- But 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- you gaveתִּתֶּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- halfחֲצִיchatsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chatsi” appears- of your houseבֵיתֶvete
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vete” appears- goאָבֹאavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “avo” appears- eatאֹכַלochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochal” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lechem” appears- drinkאֶשְׁתֶּהeshte
drink
Drink.
Where else “eshte” appears- waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears
The context
7The king spoke to the man of Elohim, “Come with me to the house and refresh yourself, and I will give you a gift.”
8 · This verse (above)
9for so I was commanded by the word of YHWH, saying, ‘You shall not eat bread and you shall not drink water, and you shall not return by the way that you went.’”