Study it in the app“So 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.”
So Ahabוַ אַחְאָבwent upיַּעֲלֶהto eatלֶאֱכֹלand to drink.וְלִשְׁתּוֹתAnd Elijahוְאֵלִיָּהוּwent upעָלָהtoאֶלthe topרֹאשׁof Carmel;הַכַּרְמֶלand he bent downוַיִּגְהַרto the groundאַרְצָהand putוַיָּשֶׂםhis faceפָּנָיוbetweenבֵּיןhis knees.בִּרְכָּיו
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” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appearsElijah
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” appearstop
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appearsCarmel
See it on the mapWhere else “karmel” appearscrouch, bend down
Crouch, bend down to the ground; stretch oneself over something. It is said only of Elijah on Carmel and of Elisha over the boy (1 Kings 18:42; 2 Kings 4:34-35).
Where else “yighar” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appearsknee
Knee.
Where else “birkay” appearsCarmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
41Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of the roar of rain.”
42 · This verse (above)
43He said to his young man, “Go up, please, look toward the sea.” And he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go back,” seven times.
