He cried outוַיִּקְרָאtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהand said,וַיֹּאמַר“YHWHיְהוָהmy Elohim,אֱלֹהָיhave you alsoהֲגַםbrought harmהֲרֵעוֹתָonעַלthe widowהָאַלְמָנָהwith whomאֲשֶׁר עִמָּהּIאֲנִיam residing as a foreigner,מִתְגּוֹרֵרby putting to deathלְהָמִיתher son?”בְּנָהּ
1 Kings 17:20
Study it in the app“He cried out to YHWH and said, “YHWH my Elohim, have you also brought harm on the widow with whom I am residing as a foreigner, by putting to death her son?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 17:20, word by word
- He cried outיִּקְרָאyikra
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” 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- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- my Elohimאֱלֹהָeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- brought harmהֲרֵעוֹתָhareota
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “hareota” appears- the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- am residing as a foreignerמִתְגּוֹרֵרmitgorer
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “mitgorer” appears- by putting to deathהָמִיתhamit
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “hamit” appears- her sonבְּנָbena
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bena” appears
The context
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21He stretched himself out over the child three times, and cried out to YHWH and said, “YHWH my Elohim, please, let the soul of this child return into him.”