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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“It is I.אָנִיGo,לֵךְsayאֱמֹרto your lord,לַאדֹנֶיךָ‘Hereהִנֵּהis Elijah.’”אֵלִיָּהוּ
1 Kings 18:8
Study it in the app“He said to him, “It is I. Go, say to your lord, ‘Here is Elijah.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:8, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- to your lordאדֹנֶיdone
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “done” appears- is Elijah.’אֵלִיָּהוּeliyahu
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
The context
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?”
8 · This verse (above)
9He said, “What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?