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And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Ahabכִּ אַחְאָבsawרְאוֹתElijah,אֵלִיָּהוּthat Ahabוַ אַחְאָבsaidיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Is it you,הַאַתָּה זֶהthe one who brings ruin onעֹכֵרIsrael?”יִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Kings 18:17
Study it in the app“And it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is it you, the one who brings ruin on Israel?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:17, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- when 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- sawרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the one who brings ruin onעֹכֵרocher
trouble
Bring trouble or disaster on someone; stir up.
Where else “ocher” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 · This verse (above)
18He said, “I have not brought ruin on Israel, but you and the house of your father have, in your abandoning the commandments of YHWH; and you have gone after the Baals.