Let them giveוְיִתְּנוּusלָנוּtwoשְׁנַיִםbulls;פָּרִיםand let them chooseוְיִבְחֲרוּfor themselvesלָהֶםthe oneהָאֶחָדbullהַפָּרand cut it in piecesוִינַתְּחֻהוּand lay itוְיָשִׂימוּonעַלthe wood,הָעֵצִיםbutוְputיָשִׂימוּnoלֹאfire to it;אֵשׁand Iוַאֲנִיwill prepareאֶעֱשֶׂהthe otherהָאֶחָדbullהַפָּרand lay itוְנָתַתִּיonעַלthe wood,הָעֵצִיםandוְI will putאָשִׂיםnoלֹאfire to it.אֵשׁ
1 Kings 18:23
Study it in the app“Let 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:23, word by word
- Let them giveיִתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- twoשְׁנַיִםshenayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shenayim” appears- bullsפָּרִיםparim
bull
Young bull, bullock.
Where else “parim” appears- and let them chooseיִבְחֲרוּyivcharu
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “yivcharu” appears- the oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- and cut it in piecesינַתְּחֻynatchu
cut in pieces
Cut into pieces, cut up an animal.
Where else “ynatchu” appears- and lay itיָשִׂימוּyasimu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appears- the woodעֵצִיםetsim
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- fire to itאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- will prepareאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “eese” appears
The context
22Elijah said to the people, “I am left a prophet of YHWH, I alone; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.
23 · This verse (above)
24Then you will call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of YHWH; and it will be that the Elohim who answers by fire, he is Elohim.” And all the people answered and said, “The word is good.”