Study it in the app“He turned back from following him, and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed it; and with the equipment of the oxen he boiled the meat, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he got up and went after Elijah and ministered to him.”
Elijah throws his cloak over Elisha, who leaves the oxen and follows himFollowing Jesus
He turned backוַיָּשָׁבfrom following him,מֵאַחֲרָיוand tookוַיִּקַּחthe yokeצֶמֶדof oxenהַבָּקָרand sacrificed it;וַיִּזְבָּחֵהוּand with the equipmentוּבִכְלִיof the oxenהַבָּקָרhe boiledבִּשְּׁלָםthe meat,הַבָּשָׂרand gave itוַיִּתֵּןto the people,לָעָםand they ate.וַיֹּאכֵלוּThen he got upוַיָּקָםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְafterאַחֲרֵיElijahאֵלִיָּהוּand ministered to him.וַיְשָׁרְתֵהוּ
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “yashav” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearspair
Two animals harnessed together.
Where else “tsemed” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “yizbache” appearsutensil
Something for use: tools, jewels, travel gear.
Where else “cheli” appearsboil
To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.
Where else “bishla” appearsmeat
Meat to eat.
Where else “basar” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochelu” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsElijah
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” appearsattend
To wait on someone closely.
Where else “yesharte” appears20He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Let me kiss, please, my father and my mother, and I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go, go back, for what have I done to you?”
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