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And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.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 18:5 word 1

אַחְאָב֙'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 18:5 word 2

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 18:5 word 3

עֹ֣בַדְיָ֔הוּ'oad.Ya.huObadiah

Lemma: עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ (o.vad.yah) · Strong's: H5662G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Obadiah

Used 7 times. Also: 1 Kings 18:3, 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:6, 1 Kings 18:7, 1 Kings 18:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5662G; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 4

לֵ֤ךְlekhgo

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)

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 18:5 word 5

בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ba.'A.retzin the land

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 6

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 18:5 word 7

כָּל\־kol-all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 8

מַעְיְנֵ֣יma'.ye.Nei[the] springs of

Lemma: מַעְיָן (ma.yan) · Strong's: H4599

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: spring

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:2, Leviticus 11:36, Joshua 15:9, Joshua 18:15, 2 Kings 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4599; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 9

הַמַּ֔יִםha.Ma.yim<the> water

Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: water

Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 10

וְאֶ֖לve.'Eland 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 18:5 word 11

כָּל\־kol-all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 12

הַנְּחָלִ֑יםha.ne.cha.Limthe wadis

Lemma: נַ֫חַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5158N

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: torrent: valley

Used 53 times. Also: Genesis 26:17, Genesis 26:19, Numbers 21:12, Numbers 21:14, Numbers 21:15, Deuteronomy 2:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5158N; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 13

אוּלַ֣י\׀'u.Laiperhaps

Lemma: אוּלַי (u.lay) · Strong's: H0194

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: perhaps

Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 16:2, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:28, Genesis 18:29, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0194; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 14

נִמְצָ֣אnim.Tza'we will find

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 15

חָצִ֗ירcha.Tzirgrass

Lemma: חָצִיר (cha.tsir) · Strong's: H2682A

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

Meaning: grass

Used 20 times. Also: 2 Kings 19:26, Job 8:12, Job 40:15, Psalms 37:2, Psalms 90:5, Psalms 103:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2682A; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 16

וּנְחַיֶּה֙u.ne.chai.Yehso we may preserve alive

Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVpu1cp)

Meaning: to live

Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 17

ס֣וּסsushorse

Lemma: סוּס (sus) · Strong's: H5483M

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

Meaning: horse

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 47:17, Genesis 49:17, Exodus 9:3, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 14:23, Exodus 15:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5483M; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 18

וָפֶ֔רֶדva.Fe.redand mule

Lemma: פֶּ֫רֶד (pe.red) · Strong's: H6505

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

Meaning: mule

Used 14 times. Also: 2 Samuel 13:29, 2 Samuel 18:9, 1 Kings 10:25, 2 Kings 5:17, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 2 Chronicles 9:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6505; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 19

וְל֥וֹאve.Lo'and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 20

נַכְרִ֖יתnakh.Ritwe will cut off

Lemma: כָּרַת (ka.rat) · Strong's: H3772J

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVhi1cp)

Meaning: to cut: lack

Used 11 times. Also: 2 Samuel 3:29, 1 Kings 2:4, 1 Kings 8:25, 1 Kings 9:5, 2 Chronicles 6:16, 2 Chronicles 7:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3772J; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 21

מֵהַבְּהֵמָֽה\׃me.ha.be.he.Mahany of the livestock

Lemma: בְּהֵמָה (be.he.mah) · Strong's: H0929

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: animal

Used 190 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 6:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0929; TAHOT 1 Kings 18:5 word 22

How the BSB renders it

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

Then Ahab	→	אַחְאָב H0256G Ahab
said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
Obadiah	→	עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ H5662G Obadiah
Go	→	הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went
throughout the land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
every	→	כֹּל H3605 all
spring	→	מַעְיָן H4599 spring
and	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
every	→	כֹּל H3605 all
valley	→	נַ֫חַל H5158N torrent: valley
Perhaps	→	אוּלַי H0194 perhaps
we will find	→	מָצָא H4672 to find
grass	→	חָצִיר H2682A grass
to keep the horses	→	סוּס H5483M horse
and mules	→	פֶּ֫רֶד H6505 mule
alive	→	חָיָה H2421 to live
so that we will not	→	לֹא H3808 not
have to destroy	→	כָּרַת H3772J to cut: lack
any livestock	→	בְּהֵמָה H0929 animal

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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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