Study it in the app“He sent to him a commander of fifty with his fifty. He went up to him, and there he was, sitting on the top of the mountain. He spoke to him, “Man of Elohim, the king has spoken: ‘Come down.’””
He sentוַיִּשְׁלַחto himאֵלָיוa commanderשַׂרof fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםwith his fifty.וַחֲמִשָּׁיוHe went upוַיַּעַלto him,אֵלָיוand there he was,וְהִנֵּהsittingיֹשֵׁבon the topעַל רֹאשׁof the mountain.הָהָרHe spokeוַיְדַבֵּרto him,אֵלָיו“Manאִישׁof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְhas spoken:דִּבֶּר‘Come down.’”רֵדָה
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsfifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appearstop
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “reda” appears8They said to him, “A hairy man, with a belt of leather tied around his waist.” He said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”
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10Elijah answered and spoke to the commander of the fifty, “And if I am a man of Elohim, let fire come down from the heavens and consume you and your fifty.” And fire came down from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty.
