1 Kings
1 Kings 13:17
17For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I | אֵלַי֙ | ’ê·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| have been told | דָבָ֤ר | ḏā·ḇār | Noun - masculine singular | H1697 speech, word |
| by the word | בִּדְבַ֣ר | biḏ·ḇar | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1697 speech, word |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| You must not | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| eat | תֹאכַ֣ל | ṯō·ḵal | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H398 eat |
| bread | לֶ֔חֶם | le·ḥem | Noun - masculine singular | H3899 bread, food |
| or drink | תִשְׁתֶּ֥ה | ṯiš·teh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H8354 drink |
| water | מָ֑יִם | mā·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H4325 water, juice, urine |
| there | שָׁ֖ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| or return | תָשׁ֣וּב | ṯā·šūḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| by the way | בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ | bad·de·reḵ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| you came | לָלֶ֔כֶת | lā·le·ḵeṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1980 go, come, walk |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.