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So they dividedוַיְחַלְּקוּthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץbetween themלָהֶםto pass throughלַעֲבָרit;בָּהּAhabאַחְאָבwentהָלַךְby oneבְּ אֶחָדwayדֶרֶךְby himself,לְבַדּוֹand Obadiahוְעֹבַדְיָהוּwentהָלַךְby anotherבְּ אֶחָדwayדֶרֶךְby himself.לְבַדּוֹ
1 Kings 18:6
Study it in the app“So they divided the land between them to pass through it; Ahab went by one way by himself, and Obadiah went by another way by himself.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:6, word by word
- So they dividedיְחַלְּקוּyechalku
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “yechalku” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- to pass throughעֲבָרavar
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appears- 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- wentהָלַךְhalach
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appears- by oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- by himselfבַדּvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- and Obadiahעֹבַדְיָהוּovadyahu
Obadiah
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” appears
The context
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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7As Obadiah was on the way, there was Elijah to meet him. He recognized him and fell on his face and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”