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The wordוַ דְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיto him,אֵלָיוsaying,לֵאמֹר
1 Kings 17:2
Study it in the app“The word of YHWH came to him, saying,”
Elijah, in hiding, receives bread and meat brought by ravensProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 17:2, word by word
- 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- cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
1Elijah the Tishbite, of the residents of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As YHWH lives, the Elohim of Israel, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
2 · This verse (above)
3“Go from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.