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So Obadiahוַ עֹבַדְיָהוּwentיֵּלֶךְto meetלִקְרַאתAhabאַחְאָבand toldוַיַּגֶּדhim;לוֹand Ahabוַ אַחְאָבwentיֵּלֶךְto meetלִקְרַאתElijah.אֵלִיָּהוּ
1 Kings 18:16
Study it in the app“So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:16, word by word
- So Obadiahעֹבַדְיָהוּovadyahu
Obadiah
Obadiah: a name meaning "servant of Yah." About thirteen people in the Bible bear it; among them the man over King Ahab's household who hid a hundred prophets (1 Kings 18), and the prophet of the book that bears his name.
Where else “ovadyahu” appears- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” 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 toldיַּגֶּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” 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
The context
15Elijah said, “As YHWH Tsevaot lives, before whom I stand, surely today I will show myself to him.”
16 · This verse (above)
17And it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is it you, the one who brings ruin on Israel?”