Study it in the app“And it happened, in the meantime, that the heavens grew dark with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode in his chariot and went to Jezreel.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיin the meantime,עַד כֹּה וְעַד כֹּהthatוְthe heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםgrew darkהִתְקַדְּרוּwith cloudsעָבִיםand wind,וְרוּחַand there wasוַיְהִיa greatגָּדוֹלrain.גֶּשֶׁםAhabאַחְאָבrode in his chariotוַיִּרְכַּבand wentוַיֵּלֶךְto Jezreel.יִזְרְעֶאלָה
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsgrow dark
For the sky, sun or moon to lose their light.
Where else “hitkadru” appearsthick cloud
A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.
Where else “avim” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsheavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appearsAhab
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” appearsride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “yirkav” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsJezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrela” appearsJezreel
Today: Zir'in and the Jezreel Valley, Israel
A city and valley in northern Israel, between Galilee and Samaria.
There Ahab and Jezebel took Naboth's vineyard (1 Kgs 21:1-16), and Jezebel died there (2 Kgs 9:30-37).
44And it happened at the seventh time that he said, “Look, a small cloud, like the palm of a man, is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Hitch your chariot and go down, so that the rain does not stop you.’”
45 · This verse (above)
46The hand of YHWH was on Elijah; and he girded his waist and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
