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And the ravensוְהָעֹרְבִיםwere bringingמְבִיאִיםhimלוֹbreadלֶחֶםand meatוּבָשָׂרin the morning,בַּבֹּקֶרand breadוְלֶחֶםand meatוּבָשָׂרin the evening,בָּעָרֶבand he drankוּ יִשְׁתֶּהfromמִןthe brook.הַנַּחַל
1 Kings 17:6
Study it in the app“And the ravens were bringing him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.”
Elijah, in hiding, receives bread and meat brought by ravensProvidence
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 17:6, word by word
- And the ravensעֹרְבִיםorvim
raven
Raven.
Where else “orvim” appears- were bringingמְבִיאִיםmeviim
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “meviim” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- and meatבָשָׂרvasar
meat
Meat to eat.
Where else “vasar” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- in the eveningעָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears- and he drankיִשְׁתֶּהyishte
drink
Drink.
Where else “yishte” appears- the brookנַּחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears
The context
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7And it happened after some days that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.