He arrangedוַיַּעֲרֹךְthe wood,הָעֵצִיםcut in piecesוַיְנַתַּחthe bull,הַפָּרand laid itוַיָּשֶׂםonעַלthe wood.הָעֵצִים
1 Kings 18:33
Study it in the app“He arranged the wood, cut in pieces the bull, and laid it on the wood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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1 Kings 18:33, word by word
- He arrangedיַּעֲרֹךְyaaroch
arrange
To set things in a row and in order, like bread on the table.
Where else “yaaroch” appears- the woodעֵצִיםetsim
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- cut in piecesיְנַתַּחyenatach
cut in pieces
Cut into pieces, cut up an animal.
Where else “yenatach” appears- the bullפָּרpar
bull
Young bull, bullock.
Where else “par” appears- and laid itיָּשֶׂםyasem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appears
The context
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.
33 · This verse (above)
34And he said, “Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.” And he said, “Do it a second time”; and they did it a second time. And he said, “Do it a third time”; and they did it a third time.