2 Kings 1:12

“Elijah answered and spoke to them, “If I am a man of Elohim, let fire come down from the heavens and consume you and your fifty.” And the fire of Elohim came down from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty.”

2 Kings 1:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Kings 1:12, word by word

Elijahאֵלִיָּהeliya

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 “eliya” appears
answeredיַּעַןyaan

answer

To reply to what was said.

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and spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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am a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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let fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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come downתֵּרֶדtered

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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from the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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and consumeתֹאכַלtochal

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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and your fiftyחֲמִשֶּׁיchamishe

fifty

Fifty.

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The context

11Again he sent to him another commander of fifty with his fifty. He answered and spoke to him, “Man of Elohim, thus says the king: ‘Come down quickly.’”

12 · This verse (above)

13Again he sent a third commander of fifty with his fifty. The third commander of fifty went up and came and knelt on his knees before Elijah and pleaded with him and spoke to him, “Man of Elohim, please, let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your eyes.

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