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Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe people,הָעָם“Iאֲנִיam leftנוֹתַרְתִּיa prophetנָבִיאof YHWH,לַיהוָהI alone;לְבַדִּיand the prophetsוּנְבִיאֵיof Baalהַבַּעַלare fourאַרְבַּעhundredמֵאוֹתand fiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁיםmen.אִישׁ
1 Kings 18:22
Study it in the app“Elijah said to the people, “I am left a prophet of YHWH, I alone; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:22, word by word
- 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 peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- am leftנוֹתַרְתִּיnotarti
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notarti” appears- a prophetנָבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- of YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
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 “yhva” appears- I aloneבַדִּvadi
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vadi” appears- of Baalבַּעַלbaal
Baal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appears- are fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears
The context
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.
22 · This verse (above)
23Let them give us two bulls; and let them choose for themselves the one bull and cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood, but put no fire to it; and I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood, and I will put no fire to it.