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She saidוַתֹּאמֶרtoאֶלElijah,אֵלִיָּהוּ“Whatמַהhave Iלִּיto do with you,וָלָךְmanאִישׁof Elohim?הָאֱלֹהִיםHave you comeבָּאתָto meאֵלַיto bring to remembranceלְהַזְכִּירmy iniquityעֲוֺנִיand to put to deathוּלְהָמִיתmy son?”בְּנִי
1 Kings 17:18
Study it in the app“She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, man of Elohim? Have you come to me to bring to remembrance my iniquity and to put to death my son?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 17:18, word by word
- She saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” 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- 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- Have you comeבָּאתָbata
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bata” appears- to bring to remembranceהַזְכִּירhazkir
mention
To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.
Where else “hazkir” appears- my iniquityעֲוֺנִavoni
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avoni” appears- and to put to deathהָמִיתhamit
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “hamit” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears
The context
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.
18 · This verse (above)
19He said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her bosom and carried him up to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.