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“Goלֵךְfrom hereמִזֶּהand turnוּפָנִיתָeastward,לְּךָ קֵדְמָהand hide yourselfוְנִסְתַּרְתָּby the brookבְּנַחַלCherith,כְּרִיתwhichאֲשֶׁרis eastעַל פְּנֵיof the Jordan.הַיַּרְדֵּן
1 Kings 17:3
Study it in the app““Go from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.”
Elijah, in hiding, receives bread and meat brought by ravensProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 17:3, word by word
- “Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- and turnפָנִיתָfanita
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “fanita” appears- eastwardקֵדְמָkedma
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedma” appears- and hide yourselfנִסְתַּרְתָּnistarta
hide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “nistarta” appears- by the brookנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- Cherithכְּרִיתkerit
Cherith
Cherith: the name of a brook east of the Jordan where Elijah hid during the drought (1 Kings 17:3-7). The name comes from "cut"; its exact location is not known.
Where else “kerit” appears- is eastפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
2The word of YHWH came to him, saying,
3 · This verse (above)
4And it will be that you will drink from the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”