Study it in the app““Get up, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there. Look, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.””
“Get up,קוּםgoלֵךְto Zarephath,צָרְפַתָהwhichאֲשֶׁרbelongs to Sidon,לְצִידוֹןand liveוְיָשַׁבְתָּthere.שָׁםLook,הִנֵּהI have commandedצִוִּיתִיa widowאִשָּׁה אַלְמָנָהthereשָׁםto feed you.”לְכַלְכְּלֶךָ
Jesus recalls that Elijah was sent to a widow of Zarephath, in Sidon; 1 Kings 17:9 tells of that sending.
The same term appears in both passages.
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appearsZarephath
Zarephath: a city on the Phoenician coast, between Tyre and Sidon, outside the territory of Israel. There a widow fed Elijah (1 Kings 17:9-24; Luke 4:26). The name is related to "refine, smelt."
Where else “tsarfata” appearsSidon
See it on the mapWhere else “tsidon” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashavta” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearswidow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appearsprovide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “chalkle” appearsSidon
Today: Sidon (Saida), Lebanon
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, in present-day Lebanon, north of Tyre.
Ahab's wife Jezebel was the daughter of the king of Sidon (1 Kgs 16:31). Jesus said Sidon would have changed its mind had it seen his miracles (Luke 10:13).
8Then the word of YHWH came to him, saying,
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10So he got up and went to Zarephath, and came to the entrance of the city; and there a widow was gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “Bring, please, me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.”
