Study it in the app“and it happened, when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of YHWH, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them, fifty men to each cave, and fed them with bread and water.”
and it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Jezebelבְּ אִיזֶבֶלwas cutting offהַכְרִיתthe prophetsנְבִיאֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהthat Obadiahוַ עֹבַדְיָהוּtookיִּקַּחa hundredמֵאָהprophetsנְבִאִיםand hid them,וַיַּחְבִּיאֵםfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםmenאִישׁto each cave,בַּמְּעָרָהand fed themוְכִלְכְּלָםwith breadלֶחֶםand water.וָמָיִם
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsJezebel
Jezebel: a name of uncertain meaning. She is the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and wife of King Ahab, who promoted the worship of Baal in Israel and persecuted the prophets of YHWH.
Where else “izevel” appearscut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hachrit” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” 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” appearsObadiah
Obadiah: a name meaning "servant of Yah." About thirteen people in the Bible bear it; among them the man over King Ahab's household who hid a hundred prophets (1 Kings 18), and the prophet of the book that bears his name.
Where else “ovadyahu” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appearshide
Hide oneself.
Where else “yachbie” appearsfifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearscave
Cave.
Where else “meara” appearsprovide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “chilkla” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears3Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. Now Obadiah feared YHWH greatly;
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5Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we will find grass and keep alive horse and mule, and not have to cut off some of the animals.”
