Study it in the app“He 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.””
He stretched himself outוַיִּתְמֹדֵדoverעַלthe childהַיֶּלֶדthreeשָׁלֹשׁtimes,פְּעָמִיםand cried outוַיִּקְרָאtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהand said,וַיֹּאמַר“YHWHיְהוָהmy Elohim,אֱלֹהָיplease,נָאlet the soulנֶפֶשׁof thisהַזֶּהchildהַיֶּלֶדreturnתָּשָׁבinto him.”עַל קִרְבּוֹ
stretch out
To stretch the whole body out over something, matching its length.
Where else “yitmoded” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeled” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appearstime
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” appearsYHWH
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nefesh” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashav” appearsinside
One's inner part, one's inmost self.
Where else “kirb” appears“The soul”: in Hebrew “nefesh,” which here is the life, the breath that makes the person live (verse 17: “there was no breath left in him”). Elijah asks that the child live again.
20He 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?”
21 · This verse (above)
22YHWH listened to the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child returned into him, and he lived.
