Study it in the app“But he himself went into the wilderness a day’s journey, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself to die, and said, “Enough now, YHWH! Take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.””
Elijah, worn down, asks to die; an angel has him eat and drink, and he goes on in that strengthWork and RestElijah flees and asks to die; he feels he is the only one leftLoneliness
But he himselfוְהוּאwentהָלַךְinto the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרa day’sיוֹםjourney,דֶּרֶךְand cameוַיָּבֹאand sat downוַיֵּשֶׁבunderתַּחַתaאֶחָדbroom tree;רֹתֶםand he askedוַיִּשְׁאַלfor himselfאֶת נַפְשׁוֹto die,לָמוּתand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Enoughרַבnow,עַתָּהYHWH!יְהוָהTakeקַחmy life,נַפְשִׁיforכִּיIאָנֹכִיam notלֹאbetterטוֹבthan my fathers.”מֵאֲבֹתָי
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halach” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsjourney
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appearsa certain
Used as "a" or "some", to introduce someone.
Where else “echad” appearsbroom tree
Broom tree: a desert shrub with long thin branches, which gives a little shade and whose root was used for firewood.
Where else “rotem” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “yishal” appearsperson
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafsh” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mut” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsenough
A word to stop something that has become too much: it is enough.
Where else “rav” 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 “yehva” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears3He saw this, and got up and went for his life; and he came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his young man there.
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5He lay down and slept under a broom tree; and there, an angel was touching him, and he said to him, “Get up, eat.”
