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Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Ahab,לְאַחְאָב“Go up,עֲלֵהeatאֱכֹלand drink,וּשְׁתֵהforכִּיthere is the soundקוֹלof the roarהֲמוֹןof rain.”הַגָּשֶׁם
1 Kings 18:41
Study it in the app“Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of the roar of rain.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:41, word by word
- Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּeliyahu
Elijah
Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “eliyahu” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Ahabאַחְאָבachav
Ahab
Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “achav” appears- “Go upעֲלֵהale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ale” appears- eatאֱכֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- and drinkשְׁתֵהshete
drink
Drink.
Where else “shete” appears- there is the soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of the roarהֲמוֹןhamon
tumult
A loud sound of many people or much water.
Where else “hamon” appears- of rainגָּשֶׁםgashem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “gashem” appears
The context
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.
41 · This verse (above)
42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.