1 Kings
1 Kings 19:1–3
1Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
3And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
1 Kings 19:1
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now Ahab | אַחְאָב֙ | ’aḥ·’āḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H256 Ahab |
| told | וַיַּגֵּ֤ד | way·yag·gêḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5046 be conspicuous |
| Jezebel | לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל | lə·’î·ze·ḇel | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H348 Izebel |
| everything | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| Elijah | אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ | ’ê·lî·yā·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H452 Elijah |
| had done | עָשָׂ֖ה | ‘ā·śāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| and how | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| he had killed | הָרַ֛ג | hā·raḡ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H2026 kill, slay |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the prophets | הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים | han·nə·ḇî·’îm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet |
| with the sword | בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ | be·ḥā·reḇ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H2719 sword |
1 Kings 19:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So Jezebel | אִיזֶ֙בֶל֙ | ’î·ze·ḇel | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H348 Izebel |
| sent | וַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח | wat·tiš·laḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H7971 send |
| a messenger | מַלְאָ֔ךְ | mal·’āḵ | Noun - masculine singular | H4397 messenger |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Elijah | אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ | ’ê·lî·yā·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H452 Elijah |
| saying | לֵאמֹ֑ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| May the gods | אֱלֹהִים֙ | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| deal with me | יַעֲשׂ֤וּן | ya·‘ă·śūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H6213 do, make |
| and ever so | וְכֹ֣ה | wə·ḵōh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| severely | יוֹסִפ֔וּן | yō·w·si·p̄ūn | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H3254 add |
| if | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| by this time | כָעֵ֤ת | ḵā·‘êṯ | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - common singular | H6256 time |
| tomorrow | מָחָר֙ | mā·ḥār | Adverb | H4279 tomorrow, in time to come |
| I have not made | אָשִׂ֣ים | ’ā·śîm | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| your life | נַפְשְׁךָ֔ | nap̄·šə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| like the lives | כְּנֶ֖פֶשׁ | kə·ne·p̄eš | Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| of | אַחַ֥ד | ’a·ḥaḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
1 Kings 19:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And Elijah was afraid | וַיַּ֗רְא | way·yar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7200 see |
| and ran | וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ | way·yê·leḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| for | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| his life | נַפְשׁ֔וֹ | nap̄·šōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| When he came | וַיָּבֹ֕א | way·yā·ḇō | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to Beersheba | שֶׁ֖בַע | še·ḇa‘ | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H884 Beersheba |
| in Judah | לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה | lî·hū·ḏāh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| he left | וַיַּנַּ֥ח | way·yan·naḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5117 rest |
| his servant | נַעֲר֖וֹ | na·‘ă·rōw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5288 a shaking, scattering |
| there | שָֽׁם׃ | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Kings 19:1 1 Kings 18:40
1 Kings 19:2 2 Kings 6:31 · Ruth 1:17 · 1 Kings 20:10 · Exodus 10:28 · Proverbs 27:1 · 2 Kings 19:10–12 · Daniel 3:15 · 2 Kings 19:27–28 · 1 Kings 2:28 · James 4:13–14 · Acts 12:4–6 · Exodus 15:9
1 Kings 19:3 Genesis 21:31 · Matthew 26:56 · Matthew 26:70–74
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.