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The waterהַמַּיִםranוַיֵּלְכוּaroundסָבִיבthe altar,לַמִּזְבֵּחַandוְhe alsoגַםfilledמִלֵּאthe trenchהַתְּעָלָהwith water.מָיִם
1 Kings 18:35
Study it in the app“The water ran around the altar, and he also filled the trench with water.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:35, word by word
- The waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- ranיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears- the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- filledמִלֵּאmile
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “mile” appears- the trenchתְּעָלָהteala
trench
A ditch where water runs.
Where else “teala” appears
The context
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.
35 · This verse (above)
36And it happened, at the time of offering the grain offering, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “YHWH, Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are Elohim in Israel, and I am your servant, and that by your word I have done all these things.