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Answer me,עֲנֵנִיYHWH,יְהוָהanswer me,עֲנֵנִיso thatוְthisהַזֶּהpeopleהָעָםmay knowיֵדְעוּthatכִּיyou,אַתָּהYHWH,יְהוָהare Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםand youוְאַתָּהhave turnedהֲסִבֹּתָtheir heartלִבָּםback.”אֲחֹרַנִּית
1 Kings 18:37
Study it in the app“Answer me, YHWH, answer me, so that this people may know that you, YHWH, are Elohim, and you have turned their heart back.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:37, word by word
- Answer meעֲנֵane
hear prayer
God answers the one who calls on him: with a word, or with an act such as fire.
Where else “ane” 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- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- may knowיֵדְעוּyedu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedu” appears- are Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- have turnedהֲסִבֹּתָhasibota
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “hasibota” appears- their heartלִבָּliba
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appears- backאֲחֹרַנִּיתachoranit
backward
Backward, behind.
Where else “achoranit” appears
Translation note
“You have turned their heart back”: the Hebrew is brief and allows two readings: that YHWH turns the heart of the people back to him, or that it was YHWH who allowed their heart to turn backward. The translation keeps the words as they are.
The context
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.
37 · This verse (above)
38Then the fire of YHWH fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and the water that was in the trench it licked up.