1 Kings

1 Kings 19:3

³And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

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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

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