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So Elijahוַ אֵלִיָּהוּwentיֵּלֶךְto show himselfלְהֵרָאוֹתtoאֶלAhab.אַחְאָבAnd the famineוְהָרָעָבwas severeחָזָקin Samaria.בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן
1 Kings 18:2
Study it in the app“So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:2, word by word
- So 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- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to show himselfהֵרָאוֹתheraot
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “heraot” 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 the famineרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- was severeחָזָקchazak
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazak” appears- in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
1And 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.”
2 · This verse (above)
3Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. Now Obadiah feared YHWH greatly;