Study it in the app“And it will be, when I go from you, that the spirit of YHWH will carry you to where I do not know; and I will come to tell Ahab, and he will not find you, and he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared YHWH from my youth.”
And it will be,וְהָיָהwhen Iאֲנִיgoאֵלֵךְfrom you,מֵאִתָּךְthatוְthe spiritרוּחַof YHWHיְהוָהwill carry youיִשָּׂאֲךָtoעַלwhereאֲשֶׁרI do notלֹאknow;אֵדָעand I will comeוּבָאתִיto tellלְהַגִּידAhab,לְאַחְאָבand he will notוְלֹאfind you,יִמְצָאֲךָand he will kill me.וַהֲרָגָנִיYet I,וְyour servant,עַבְדְּךָhave fearedיָרֵאYHWHיְהוָהfrom my youth.מִנְּעֻרָי
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elech” appearsSpirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruach” appearsYHWH
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” appearscarry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “yisaa” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “vati” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagid” appearsAhab
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” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsaa” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haraga” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearsrevere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yare” appearsyouth
Youth: the time of being young.
Where else “neura” appears“The spirit of YHWH”: the same Hebrew word means “wind” and “spirit.” Obadiah fears that YHWH will suddenly carry Elijah away to another place (compare 2 Kings 2:16).
11And now you say, ‘Go, say to your lord, “Here is Elijah.”’
12 · This verse (above)
13Has it not been told to my lord what I did when Jezebel was killing the prophets of YHWH, how I hid a hundred men of the prophets of YHWH, fifty by fifty men in each cave, and fed them with bread and water?
