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AhabאַחְאָבcalledוַיִּקְרָאObadiah,אֶל עֹבַדְיָהוּwhoאֲשֶׁרwas overעַלthe household.הַבָּיִתNow Obadiahוְעֹבַדְיָהוּfearedהָיָה יָרֵאYHWHיְהוָהgreatly;מְאֹד
1 Kings 18:3
Study it in the app“Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. Now Obadiah feared YHWH greatly;”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:3, word by word
- 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- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- Obadiahעֹבַדְיָהוּovadyahu
Obadiah
Obadiah: a name meaning "servant of Yah." About thirteen people in the Bible bear it; among them the man over King Ahab's household who hid a hundred prophets (1 Kings 18), and the prophet of the book that bears his name.
Where else “ovadyahu” appears- the householdבָּיִתbayit
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bayit” appears- fearedהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- fearedיָרֵאyare
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yare” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears- greatlyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears
The context
2So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
3 · This verse (above)
4and it happened, when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of YHWH, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them, fifty men to each cave, and fed them with bread and water.