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And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? (KJV)
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וַיָּבֹא\־vai.ya.vo'-and he went
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT 1 Kings 19:9 word 1
שָׁ֥םshamthere
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT 1 Kings 19:9 word 2
אֶל\־'el-into
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 19:9 word 3
הַמְּעָרָ֖הha.me.'a.Rahthe cave
Lemma: מְעָרָה (me.a.rah) · Strong's: H4631
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: cave
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 19:30, Genesis 23:9, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:17, Genesis 23:19, Genesis 23:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4631; TAHOT 1 Kings 19:9 word 4
וַיָּ֣לֶןvai.Ya.lenand he spent [the] night
Lemma: לוּן (lun) · Strong's: H3885A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to lodge
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 24:54, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 31:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3885A; TAHOT 1 Kings 19:9 word 5
שָׁ֑םShamthere
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT 1 Kings 19:9 word 6
וְהִנֵּ֤הve.hi.Nehand there!
Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: behold
Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT 1 Kings 19:9 word 7
דְבַר\־de.var-[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 19:9 word 8
יְהוָה֙Yah.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 19:9 word 9
אֵלָ֔יו'e.Lav[was] to him
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 19:9 word 10
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.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 19:9 word 11
מַה\־mah-what?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT 1 Kings 19:9 word 12
פֹ֖הfohhere
Lemma: פֹּה (poh) · Strong's: H6311
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: here
Used 82 times. Also: Genesis 19:12, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 40:15, Numbers 22:8, Numbers 32:6, Numbers 32:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6311; TAHOT 1 Kings 19:9 word 13
אֵלִיָּֽהוּ\׃'e.li.Ya.huO Elijah
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 19:9 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| There | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| . . . | → | הִנֵּה H2009 behold |
| [Elijah] entered | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| . . . | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| a cave | → | מְעָרָה H4631 cave |
| and spent the night | → | לוּן H3885A to lodge |
| And the word | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| came to him | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| saying | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| What | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| are you doing | → | |
| here | → | פֹּה H6311 here |
| Elijah | → | אֵלִיָּה H0452G Elijah |
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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