1 Kings 17:23 Go deeper
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And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. (KJV)
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וַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.Kachand he took
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 1
אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ'e.li.Ya.huElijah
Lemma: אֵלִיָּה (e.liy.yah) · Strong's: H0452G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Elijah
Used 68 times. Also: 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 17:13, 1 Kings 17:15, 1 Kings 17:16, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0452G; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 2
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 3
הַיֶּ֗לֶדhai.Ye.ledthe lad
Lemma: יֶ֫לֶד (ye.led) · Strong's: H3206
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: youth
Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 4:23, Genesis 21:8, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:15, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 30:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3206; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 4
וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּvai.yo.ri.De.huand he brought down him
Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to go down
Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 5
מִן\־min-from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 6
הָעֲלִיָּה֙ha.'a.li.Yahthe upper room
Lemma: עֲלִיָּה (a.liy.yah) · Strong's: H5944
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: upper room
Used 20 times. Also: Judges 3:20, Judges 3:23, Judges 3:24, Judges 3:25, 2 Samuel 18:33, 1 Kings 17:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5944; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 7
הַבַּ֔יְתָהha.Bay.tahthe house towards
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 8
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּvai.yi.te.Ne.huand he gave him
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 9
לְאִמּ֑וֹle.'i.Moto mother his
Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: mother
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 10
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 11
אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ'e.li.Ya.huElijah
Lemma: אֵלִיָּה (e.liy.yah) · Strong's: H0452G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Elijah
Used 68 times. Also: 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 17:13, 1 Kings 17:15, 1 Kings 17:16, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0452G; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 12
רְאִ֖יre.'Isee
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to see: behold!
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 39:14, Genesis 41:41, Exodus 7:1, Exodus 10:10, Exodus 16:29, Exodus 31:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200I; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 13
חַ֥יchai[is] alive
Lemma: חַי (chay) · Strong's: H2416A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: alive
Used 242 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2416A; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 14
בְּנֵֽךְ\׃be.Nekhson your
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:23 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Elijah | → | אֵלִיָּה H0452G Elijah |
| took | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| the child | → | יֶ֫לֶד H3206 youth |
| brought him down | → | יָרַד H3381 to go down |
| from | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| the upper room | → | עֲלִיָּה H5944 upper room |
| into the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| and gave him | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| to his mother | → | אֵם H0517 mother |
| Look | → | רָאָה H7200I to see: behold! |
| your son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| is alive | → | חַי H2416A alive |
| Elijah | → | אֵלִיָּה H0452G Elijah |
| declared | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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