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Allכָּלthe peopleהָעָםsaw it,וַיַּרְאand they fellוַיִּפְּלוּonעַלtheir facesפְּנֵיהֶםand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“YHWH,יְהוָהheהוּאis Elohim!הָאֱלֹהִיםYHWH,יְהוָהheהוּאis Elohim!”הָאֱלֹהִים
1 Kings 18:39
Study it in the app“All the people saw it, and they fell on their faces and said, “YHWH, he is Elohim! YHWH, he is Elohim!””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:39, word by word
- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- saw itיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- and they fellיִּפְּלוּyiplu
fall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “yiplu” appears- their facesפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” 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- is Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
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.
39 · This verse (above)
40Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.