1 Kings

1 Kings 17:18

¹⁸“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
O man	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of God	הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים	hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
said	וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Elijah	אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ	’ê·lî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H452 Elijah
what	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
have you done	וָלָ֖ךְ	wā·lāḵ	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; second person feminine singular
to me	לִּ֥י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
Have you come	בָּ֧אתָ	bā·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to remind me	לְהַזְכִּ֥יר	lə·haz·kîr	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H2142 remember
of my iniquity	עֲוֺנִ֖י	‘ă·wō·nî	Noun - common singular construct; first person common singular	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
and cause the death	וּלְהָמִ֥ית	ū·lə·hā·mîṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H4191 die
of my son	בְּנִֽי׃	bə·nî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1121 son

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.