1 Kings 17:20

“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?””

1 Kings 17:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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my Elohimאֱלֹהָeloha

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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brought harmהֲרֵעוֹתָhareota

do evil

To harm someone; evildoers.

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the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana

widow

Widow.

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am residing as a foreignerמִתְגּוֹרֵרmitgorer

sojourn

To live in a place that is not your own.

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by putting to deathהָמִיתhamit

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

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her sonבְּנָbena

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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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.”

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