Study it in the app“He said, “I have been very jealous for YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot, for the sons of Israel have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.””
He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I have been very jealousקַנֹּא קִנֵּאתִיfor YHWH,לַיהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתforכִּיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhave abandonedעָזְבוּyour covenant,בְרִיתְךָtorn downהָרָסוּyour altars,מִזְבְּחֹתֶיךָand killedוְ הָרְגוּyour prophetsנְבִיאֶיךָwith the sword;בֶחָרֶבand Iוָ אֲנִיam left,אִוָּתֵרI alone,לְבַדִּיand they seekוַיְבַקְשׁוּmy life,נַפְשִׁיto take it away.”לְקַחְתָּהּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbe zealous
To burn with zeal for something, as YHWH for his people.
Where else “kano” appearsYHWH
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 “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azvu” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “verit” appearstear down; break through
Tear down, throw down; also break through by force.
Where else “harasu” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchote” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “hargu” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appearsbe left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “ivater” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vadi” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “yevakshu” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appearsseize
To take away, seize.
Where else “kachta” appears13And it happened, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his cloak, and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And there, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
14 · This verse (above)
15YHWH said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram;
