The manוַ אִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםcame nearיִּגַּשׁand spokeוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה‘Becauseיַעַן אֲשֶׁרAramאֲרָםhas said,אָמְרוּ“YHWHיְהוָהis an Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof mountains,הָרִיםandוְheהוּאis notלֹאan Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof valleys,”עֲמָקִיםI will giveוְנָתַתִּיallכָּלthisהַזֶּהgreatהַגָּדוֹלmultitudeהֶהָמוֹןinto your hand,בְּיָדֶךָand you will knowוִידַעְתֶּםthatכִּיIאֲנִיam YHWH.’”יְהוָה
1 Kings 20:28
Study it in the app“The man of Elohim came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘Because Aram has said, “YHWH is an Elohim of mountains, and he is not an Elohim of valleys,” I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you will know that I am YHWH.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 20:28, word by word
- The manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- came nearיִּגַּשׁyigash
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “yigash” appears- and spokeיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears- of mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- of valleysעֲמָקִיםamakim
valley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “amakim” appears- I will giveנָתַתִּיnatati
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natati” appears- greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- multitudeהָמוֹןhamon
multitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamon” appears- into your handיָדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- and you will knowידַעְתֶּםydatem
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “ydatem” appears
The context
27The sons of Israel were counted and provisioned, and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel encamped opposite them like two little flocks of goats, while Aram filled the land.
28 · This verse (above)
29They encamped these opposite those seven days. And it happened on the seventh day that the battle was joined; and the sons of Israel struck Aram, a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.