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So he wentוַיֵּלֶךְand didוַיַּעַשׂaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWH;יְהוָהhe wentוַיֵּלֶךְand livedוַיֵּשֶׁבby the brookבְּנַחַלCherith,כְּרִיתwhichאֲשֶׁרis eastעַל פְּנֵיof the Jordan.הַיַּרְדֵּן
1 Kings 17:5
Study it in the app“So he went and did according to the word of YHWH; he went and lived 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 17:5, word by word
- So he wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- according to the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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 livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” 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
4And it will be that you will drink from the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
5 · This verse (above)
6And the ravens were bringing him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.