Study it in the app“Then 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.””
Then you will callוּקְרָאתֶםon the nameבְּשֵׁםof your god,אֱלֹהֵיכֶםand Iוַאֲנִיwill callאֶקְרָאon the nameבְשֵׁםof YHWH;יְהוָהand it will beוְהָיָהthat the Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרanswersיַעֲנֶהby fire,בָאֵשׁheהוּאis Elohim.”הָאֱלֹהִיםAnd allוַ כָּלthe peopleהָעָםansweredיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“The wordהַדָּבָרis good.”טוֹב
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “keratem” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsYHWH
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 “yehva” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearshear prayer
God answers the one who calls on him: with a word, or with an act such as fire.
Where else “yaane” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearsIn Hebrew “your god” and “Elohim” are the same word, “elohim.” The test consists in seeing who is truly Elohim: the one who answers.
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.
24 · This verse (above)
25Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are the many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire to it.”
