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The jarכַּדof flourהַקֶּמַחwas notלֹאused up,כָלָתָהand the jugוְצַפַּחַתof oilהַשֶּׁמֶןdid notלֹאrun short,חָסֵרaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרthroughבְּיַדElijah.אֵלִיָּהוּ
1 Kings 17:16
Study it in the app“The jar of flour was not used up, and the jug of oil did not run short, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through Elijah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 17:16, word by word
- 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- used upכָלָתָהchalata
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “chalata” 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 shortחָסֵרchaser
lacking
Lacking something, wanting in. "Lacking heart" is one who has no sense.
Where else “chaser” appears- according to 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- he spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- throughיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּeliyahu
Elijah
Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “eliyahu” appears
The context
15She went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate many days.
16 · This verse (above)
17And it happened after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him.