1 Kings 18:2 Go deeper

And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. (KJV)

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וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙vai.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 18:2 word 1

אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ'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 18:2 word 2

לְהֵרָא֖וֹתle.he.ra.'otto present himself

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Infinitive · Construct (HVNcc)

Meaning: to see: see

Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:2 word 3

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:2 word 4

אַחְאָ֑ב'ach.'AvAhab

Lemma: אַחְאָב (ach.av) · Strong's: H0256G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Ahab

Used 91 times. Also: 1 Kings 16:28, 1 Kings 16:29, 1 Kings 16:30, 1 Kings 16:33, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0256G; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:2 word 5

וְהָרָעָ֖בve.ha.ra.'Avand the famine

Lemma: רָעָב (ra.av) · Strong's: H7458

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: famine

Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 41:27, Genesis 41:30, Genesis 41:31, Genesis 41:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7458; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:2 word 6

חָזָ֥קcha.Zak[was] severe

Lemma: חָזָק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2389

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: strong

Used 56 times. Also: Exodus 3:19, Exodus 6:1, Exodus 10:19, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 19:16, Exodus 32:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2389; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:2 word 7

בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן\׃be.sho.me.Ronin Samaria

Lemma: שֹׁמְרוֹן (sho.me.ron) · Strong's: H8111

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Samaria

Used 109 times. Also: 1 Kings 13:32, 1 Kings 16:24, 1 Kings 16:28, 1 Kings 16:29, 1 Kings 16:32, 1 Kings 20:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8111; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:2 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

So Elijah	→	אֵלִיָּה H0452G Elijah
went	→	הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went
to present himself	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
Ahab	→	אַחְאָב H0256G Ahab
The famine	→	רָעָב H7458 famine
was severe	→	חָזָק H2389 strong
in Samaria	→	שֹׁמְרוֹן H8111 Samaria

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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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