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And it will beוְהָיָהthat you will drinkתִּשְׁתֶּהfrom the brook;מֵהַנַּחַלandוְI have commandedצִוִּיתִיthe ravensהָעֹרְבִיםto feed youלְכַלְכֶּלְךָthere.”שָׁם
1 Kings 17:4
Study it in the app“And it will be that you will drink from the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.””
Elijah, in hiding, receives bread and meat brought by ravensProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 17:4, word by word
- And it will beהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- that you will drinkתִּשְׁתֶּהtishte
drink
Drink.
Where else “tishte” appears- from the brookנַּחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- I have commandedצִוִּיתִיtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- the ravensעֹרְבִיםorvim
raven
Raven.
Where else “orvim” appears- to feed youכַלְכֶּלְchalkel
provide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “chalkel” appears
The context
3“Go from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
4 · This verse (above)
5So he went and did according to the word of YHWH; he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.