1 Kings 18:1

“And it happened, after many days, that the word of YHWH came to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will give rain on the face of the ground.””

1 Kings 18:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jesus says that in the time of Elijah the sky was shut for three years and six months; 1 Kings 18:1 says that the rain returned “in the third year.”

The same term appears in both passages.

  • אֵלִיָּהוּeliyahuH452ἨλίουĒliouG2243“Elijah”

1 Kings 18:1, word by word

And it happenedיְהִיyehi

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “yehi” appears
after manyרַבִּיםrabim

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rabim” appears
daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yamim” appears
that 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
Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּeliyahu

Elijah

Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).

Where else “eliyahu” appears
in the thirdשְּׁלִישִׁיתshelishit

third

The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.

Where else “shelishit” appears
yearשָּׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shana” appears
sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “mor” appears
“Goלֵךְlech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “lech” appears
show yourselfהֵרָאֵהherae

appear

To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.

Where else “herae” appears
Ahabאַחְאָבachav

Ahab

Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).

Where else “achav” appears
and I will giveאֶתְּנָהetna

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “etna” appears
rainמָטָרmatar

rain

Rain.

Where else “matar” appears
the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

Where else “pene” appears
of the groundאֲדָמָהadama

soil

Farmland, or dust.

Where else “adama” appears

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

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