1 Kings

1 Kings 18:38

³⁸Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the fire	אֵשׁ־	’êš-	Noun - common singular construct	H784 fire
of the LORD	יְהוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
fell	וַתִּפֹּ֣ל	wat·tip·pōl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5307 fall, lie
and consumed	וַתֹּ֤אכַל	wat·tō·ḵal	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H398 eat
the sacrifice	הָֽעֹלָה֙	hā·‘ō·lāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5930 whole burnt-offering
the wood	הָ֣עֵצִ֔ים	hā·‘ê·ṣîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H6086 tree, trees, wood
the stones	הָאֲבָנִ֖ים	hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H68 stone
and the dust	הֶעָפָ֑ר	he·‘ā·p̄ār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6083 dry earth, dust
and it licked up	לִחֵֽכָה׃	li·ḥê·ḵāh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3897 lick
the water	הַמַּ֥יִם	ham·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4325 water, juice, urine
in the trench	בַּתְּעָלָ֖ה	bat·tə·‘ā·lāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H8585 water-course

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