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And it happenedוַיְהִיafterמִקֵּץsome daysיָמִיםthat the brookוַ הַנָּחַלdried up,יִּיבַשׁbecauseכִּיthere had been noלֹא הָיָהrainגֶשֶׁםin the land.בָּאָרֶץ
1 Kings 17:7
Study it in the app“And it happened after some days that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 17:7, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- afterקֵּץkets
end
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appears- some daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- that the brookנָּחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- dried upיִּיבַשׁyivash
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “yivash” appears- rainגֶשֶׁםgeshem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8Then the word of YHWH came to him, saying,