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And the wordוַ דְּבַרof YHWHיְהוָהcameיְהִיtoאֶלElijahאֵלִיָּהוּthe Tishbite,הַתִּשְׁבִּיsaying,לֵאמֹר
1 Kings 21:17
Study it in the app“And the word of YHWH came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:17, word by word
- And the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- cameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּeliyahu
Elijah
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” appears- the Tishbiteתִּשְׁבִּיtishbi
Tishbite
Tishbite: from Tishbe, a place in Gilead, east of the Jordan. It is the epithet of the prophet Elijah.
Where else “tishbi” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
16And it happened, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab got up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
17 · This verse (above)
18“Get up, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; look, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.