Study it in the app“Elijah 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.””
Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the prophetsלִנְבִיאֵיof Baal,הַבַּעַל“Chooseבַּחֲרוּfor yourselvesלָכֶםoneהָאֶחָדbullהַפָּרand prepare itוַעֲשׂוּfirst,רִאשֹׁנָהforכִּיyouאַתֶּםare the many;הָרַבִּיםand callוְקִרְאוּon the nameבְּשֵׁםof your god,אֱלֹהֵיכֶםbutוְputתָשִׂימוּnoלֹאfire to it.”אֵשׁ
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appearsBaal
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” appearschoose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “bacharu” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsbull
Young bull, bullock.
Where else “par” appearsprepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asu” appearsfirst
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “kiru” 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” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “tasimu” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears24Then 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.”
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26They took the bull that he gave them, and prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice, and no one answering. And they limped around the altar that had been made.
