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The handוְיַדof YHWHיְהוָהwasהָיְתָהonאֶלElijah;אֵלִיָּהוּand he girdedוַיְשַׁנֵּסhis waistמָתְנָיוand ranוַיָּרָץaheadלִפְנֵיof Ahabאַחְאָבtoעַדthe entrance ofבֹּאֲכָהJezreel.יִזְרְעֶאלָה
1 Kings 18:46
Study it in the app“The hand of YHWH was on Elijah; and he girded his waist and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:46, word by word
- The handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of 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- wasהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- 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- and he girdedיְשַׁנֵּסyeshanes
gird up
Gird up, tie one's clothes tight with a belt so as to be able to run. It appears only in 1 Kings 18:46.
Where else “yeshanes” appears- his waistמָתְנָיmatnay
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matnay” appears- and ranיָּרָץyarats
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “yarats” appears- aheadפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- of 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- the entrance ofבֹּאֲboa
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “boa” appears- Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלָyizrela
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrela” appears
Places in this verse
Jezreel
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).
The context
45And 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.
46 · This verse (above)