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And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. (KJV)
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וְיַד\־ve.yad-and [the] hand of
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: power
Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:46 word 1
יְהוָ֗הYah.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 18:46 word 2
הָֽיְתָה֙ha.ye.Tahit was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:46 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 18:46 word 4
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 18:46 word 5
וַיְשַׁנֵּ֖סvay.sha.Nesand he girded up
Lemma: שָׁנַס (sha.nas) · Strong's: H8151
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
Meaning: to gird
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8151; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:46 word 6
מָתְנָ֑יוma.te.Navloins his
Lemma: מׇתְנַ֫יִם (mo.ten) · Strong's: H4975
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Construct (HNcmdc)
Meaning: loin
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Exodus 12:11, Exodus 28:42, Deuteronomy 33:11, 2 Samuel 20:8, 1 Kings 2:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4975; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:46 word 7
וַיָּ֙רָץ֙vai.Ya.rotzand he ran
Lemma: רוּץ (ruts) · Strong's: H7323G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to run: run
Used 86 times. Also: Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:20, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7323G; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:46 word 8
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> before
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:46 word 9
אַחְאָ֔ב'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 18:46 word 10
עַד\־'ad-until
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:46 word 11
בֹּאֲכָ֖הbo.'a.Khahcoming you
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to come (in): towards
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 10:30, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 35:16, Deuteronomy 33:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935I; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:46 word 12
יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה\׃yiz.re.'E.lahJezreel towards
Lemma: יִזְרְעֶאל (yiz.re.el) · Strong's: H3157H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Jezreel
Used 25 times. Also: Joshua 19:18, 2 Samuel 2:9, 1 Kings 4:12, 1 Kings 18:45, 1 Kings 21:1, 1 Kings 21:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3157H; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:46 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And the hand | → | יָד H3027H hand: power |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| came | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| upon | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Elijah | → | אֵלִיָּה H0452G Elijah |
| and he tucked his cloak | → | שָׁנַס H8151 to gird |
| into his belt | → | מׇתְנַ֫יִם H4975 loin |
| and ran | → | רוּץ H7323G to run: run |
| ahead of | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| Ahab | → | אַחְאָב H0256G Ahab |
| all the way to | → | עַד H5704 till |
| . . . | → | בּוֹא H0935I to come (in): towards |
| Jezreel | → | יִזְרְעֶאל H3157H Jezreel |
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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