Study it in the app“Elijah 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.””
Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּtookוַיִּקַּחtwelveשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵהstones,אֲבָנִיםaccording to the numberכְּמִסְפַּרof the tribesשִׁבְטֵיof the sonsבְנֵיof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבto whomאֲשֶׁר אֵלָיוthe wordדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהhad come,הָיָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלshall beיִהְיֶהyour name.”שְׁמֶךָ
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” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetem” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsJacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” 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” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsname of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “sheme” appears30Elijah 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.
31 · This verse (above)
32With the stones he built an altar in the name of YHWH; and he made a trench, like an area for two seahs of seed, around the altar.
