ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל‘The jarכַּדof flourהַקֶּמַחwill notלֹאbe used up,תִכְלָהand the jugוְצַפַּחַתof oilהַשֶּׁמֶןwill notלֹאrun short,תֶחְסָרuntilעַדthe dayיוֹםthat YHWHיְהוָהgivesתֵּתrainגֶּשֶׁםonעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the ground.’”הָאֲדָמָה
1 Kings 17:14
Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up, and the jug of oil will not run short, until the day that YHWH gives rain on the face of the ground.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 17:14, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- ‘The jarכַּדkad
jar
Jar: an earthen vessel for carrying water or keeping flour.
Where else “kad” appears- of flourקֶּמַחkemach
flour
Flour.
Where else “kemach” appears- be used upתִכְלָהtichla
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “tichla” appears- and the jugצַפַּחַתtsapachat
jug, flask
Jug or flask for water or oil, flat in shape.
Where else “tsapachat” appears- of oilשֶּׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- run shortתֶחְסָרtechsar
lack, be lacking
Lack, be short of; decrease.
Where else “techsar” appears- the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- givesתֵּתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- rainגֶּשֶׁםgeshem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appears- the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the ground.’אֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears
The context
13Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid. Go in, do as you have said; only make me from it a small cake first, and bring it out to me, and for yourself and for your son you shall make some afterward.
14 · This verse (above)
15She went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate many days.