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He lay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבand sleptוַיִּישַׁןunderתַּחַתaאֶחָדbroom tree;רֹתֶםand there,וְהִנֵּהan angelזֶה מַלְאָךְwas touchingנֹגֵעַhim,בּוֹand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Get up,קוּםeat.”אֱכוֹל
1 Kings 19:5
Study it in the app“He lay down and slept under a broom tree; and there, an angel was touching him, and he said to him, “Get up, eat.””
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
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 19:5, word by word
- He lay downיִּשְׁכַּבyishkav
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkav” appears- and sleptיִּישַׁןyishan
sleep
To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.
Where else “yishan” appears- aאֶחָדechad
a certain
Used as "a" or "some", to introduce someone.
Where else “echad” appears- broom treeרֹתֶםrotem
broom 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” appears- an angelמַלְאָךְmalach
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appears- was touchingנֹגֵעַnogea
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “nogea” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Get upקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- eatאֱכוֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears
The context
4But 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.”
5 · This verse (above)
6He looked, and there, at his head, was a cake baked on hot stones and a jug of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.