1 Kings
1 Kings 19:20
20So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.”
“Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So Elisha left | וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב | way·ya·‘ă·zōḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5800 leave, forsake, loose |
| the oxen | הַבָּקָ֗ר | hab·bā·qār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1241 cattle, herd, ox |
| ran | וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ | way·yā·rāṣ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7323 run |
| after | אַחֲרֵ֣י | ’a·ḥă·rê | Preposition | H310 behind |
| Elijah | אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ | ’ê·lî·yā·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H452 Elijah |
| and said | וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Please | נָּא֙ | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| let me kiss | אֶשְּׁקָה־ | ’eš·šə·qāh- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H5401 kiss |
| my father | לְאָבִ֣י | lə·’ā·ḇî | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H1 father |
| and mother | וּלְאִמִּ֔י | ū·lə·’im·mî | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H517 mother |
| and then I will follow | וְאֵלְכָ֖ה | wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| you | אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ | ’a·ḥă·re·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H310 behind |
| Go on | לֵ֣ךְ | lêḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| back | שׁ֔וּב | šūḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| replied | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| for | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| what | מֶה־ | meh- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| have I done | עָשִׂ֖יתִי | ‘ā·śî·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H6213 do, make |
| to you | לָֽךְ׃ | lāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 8:21–22 · Luke 9:61–62 · Acts 20:37
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.