1 Kings 17:5 Go deeper
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So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD : for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. (KJV)
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וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he went
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 1
וַיַּ֖עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he did
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 2
כִּדְבַ֣רkid.Varaccording to [the] word of
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 3
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 4
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he went
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 5
וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙vai.Ye.shevand he dwelt
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 6
בְּנַ֣חַלbe.Na.chalat [the] wadi of
Lemma: נַ֫חַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5158A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: torrent: river
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 32:23, Leviticus 11:9, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 2:37, Deuteronomy 3:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5158A; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 7
כְּרִ֔יתke.RitKerith
Lemma: כְּרִית (ke.rit) · Strong's: H3747
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Cherith
Used 2 times. Also: 1 Kings 17:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3747; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 8
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 9
עַל\־'al-[is] on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 10
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face of
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440K
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: east
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 23:17, Genesis 23:19, Genesis 49:30, Genesis 50:13, Joshua 19:11, 1 Samuel 26:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440K; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 11
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן\׃hai.yar.Denthe Jordan
Lemma: יַרְדֵּן (yar.den) · Strong's: H3383
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Jordan
Used 181 times. Also: Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 32:10, Genesis 50:10, Genesis 50:11, Numbers 13:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3383; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:5 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So [Elijah] did | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| what the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| . . . | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| had told him | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| and he went | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| and lived | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| by the Brook | → | נַ֫חַל H5158A torrent: river |
| of Cherith | → | כְּרִית H3747 Cherith |
| east of | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| . . . | → | פָּנֶה H6440K face: east |
| the Jordan | → | יַרְדֵּן H3383 Jordan |
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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