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The angelמַלְאַךְof YHWHיְהוָהspokeוַיְדַבֵּרto Elijah,אֶל אֵלִיָּהוּ“Go downרֵדwith him;אוֹתוֹdo notאַלbe afraidתִּירָאof him.”מִפָּנָיוHe got upוַיָּקָםand went downוַיֵּרֶדwith himאוֹתוֹto the king.אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ
2 Kings 1:15
Study it in the app“The angel of YHWH spoke to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.” He got up and went down with him to the king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 1:15, word by word
- The angelמַלְאַךְmalach
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” 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- spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- to 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- “Go downרֵדred
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “red” appears- be afraidתִּירָאtira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tira” appears- of himפָּנָיpanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “panay” appears- He got upיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
14Look, fire came down from the heavens and consumed the two first commanders of fifty and their fifties; but now let my life be precious in your eyes.”
15 · This verse (above)
16He spoke to him, “Thus says YHWH, ‘Because you sent messengers to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no Elohim in Israel to consult his word? Therefore from the bed to which you have gone up you will not come down, but you will surely die.’”