Elijahאֵלִיָּהansweredוַיַּעַןand spokeוַיְדַבֵּרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“IfאִםIאָנִיam a manאִישׁof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםlet fireאֵשׁcome downתֵּרֶדfrom the heavensמִן הַשָּׁמַיִםand consumeוְתֹאכַלyouאֹתְךָand your fifty.”וְאֶת חֲמִשֶּׁיךָAnd the fireוַ אֵשׁof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםcame downתֵּרֶדfrom the heavensמִן הַשָּׁמַיִםand consumedוַתֹּאכַלhimאֹתוֹand his fifty.וְאֶת חֲמִשָּׁיו
2 Kings 1:12
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yaan” appears- and spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- am a 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- let fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- come downתֵּרֶדtered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “tered” appears- from the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and consumeתֹאכַלtochal
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “tochal” appears- and your fiftyחֲמִשֶּׁיchamishe
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishe” appears
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.