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So Ahabוַ אַחְאָבsent wordיִּשְׁלַחamong allבְּכָלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand gatheredוַיִּקְבֹּץthe prophetsהַנְּבִיאִיםatאֶלMountהַרCarmel.הַכַּרְמֶל
1 Kings 18:20
Study it in the app“So Ahab sent word among all the sons of Israel and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:20, word by word
- So 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- sent wordיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of 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- and gatheredיִּקְבֹּץyikbots
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “yikbots” appears- the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Carmelכַּרְמֶלkarmel
Carmel
See it on the mapWhere else “karmel” appears
Places in this verse
Carmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
The context
19Now then, send, gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at the table of Jezebel.”
20 · This verse (above)
21Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping between the two opinions? If YHWH is Elohim, go after him; and if Baal, go after him.” And the people did not answer him a word.