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Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto allלְכָלthe people,הָעָם“Come nearגְּשׁוּto me.”אֵלַיAnd allוַ כָלthe peopleהָעָםcame nearיִּגְּשׁוּto him.אֵלָיוAnd he repairedוַיְרַפֵּאthe altarמִזְבַּחof YHWHיְהוָהthat was torn down.הֶהָרוּס
1 Kings 18:30
Study it in the app“Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of YHWH that was torn down.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:30, 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- “Come nearגְּשׁוּgeshu
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “geshu” appears- And he repairedיְרַפֵּאyerape
mend
To fix something broken.
Where else “yerape” appears- the altarמִזְבַּחmizbach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbach” appears- of 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- that was torn downהָרוּסharus
tear down; break through
Tear down, throw down; also break through by force.
Where else “harus” appears
The context
29And it happened, when noon had passed, that they prophesied until the time of offering the grain offering; but there was no voice, and no one answering, and no attention.
30 · This verse (above)
31Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of YHWH had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”