So he got upוַיָּקָםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְto Zarephath,צָרְפַתָהand cameוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלthe entranceפֶּתַחof the city;הָעִירand thereוְהִנֵּה שָׁםa widowאִשָּׁה אַלְמָנָהwas gatheringמְקֹשֶׁשֶׁתsticks.עֵצִיםHe calledוַיִּקְרָאto herאֵלֶיהָand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Bring,קְחִיplease,נָאmeלִיa littleמְעַטwaterמַיִםin a vessel,בַּכְּלִיso that I may drink.”וְאֶשְׁתֶּה
1 Kings 17:10
Study it in the app“So he got up and went to Zarephath, and came to the entrance of the city; and there a widow was gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “Bring, please, me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 17:10, word by word
- So he got upיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- and wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to Zarephathצָרְפַתָtsarfata
Zarephath
Zarephath: a city on the Phoenician coast, between Tyre and Sidon, outside the territory of Israel. There a widow fed Elijah (1 Kings 17:9-24; Luke 4:26). The name is related to "refine, smelt."
Where else “tsarfata” appears- and cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- the entranceפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- a widowאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- a widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- was gatheringמְקֹשֶׁשֶׁתmekosheshet
gather
Gather from the ground (straw, wood).
Where else “mekosheshet” appears- sticksעֵצִיםetsim
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- He calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “Bringקְחִיkechi
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kechi” appears- a littleמְעַטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears- waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- in a vesselכְּלִיkeli
vessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “keli” appears- so that I may drinkאֶשְׁתֶּהeshte
drink
Drink.
Where else “eshte” appears
The context
9“Get up, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there. Look, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”
10 · This verse (above)
11As she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring, please, me a morsel of bread in your hand.”