1 Kings 18:43
“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
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ASV
And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
KJV
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֶֽל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| נַעֲר֗וֹ | na.'a.Ro | servant his | H5288 → |
| עֲלֵֽה־ | 'a.leh- | go up | H5927 → |
| נָא֙ | na' | please | H4994 → |
| הַבֵּ֣ט | ha.Bet | look | H5027 → |
| דֶּֽרֶךְ־ | de.rekh- | [the] direction of | H1870 → |
| יָ֔ם | Yam | [the] sea | H3220 → |
| וַיַּ֙עַל֙ | vai.Ya.'al | and he went up | H5927 → |
| וַיַּבֵּ֔ט | vai.ya.Bet | and he looked | H5027 → |
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֵ֣ין | 'ein | there not | H369 → |
| מְא֑וּמָה | me.'U.mah | [is] anything | H3972 → |
| וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| שֻׁ֖ב | shuv | go back | H7725 → |
| שֶׁ֥בַע | She.va' | seven | H7651 → |
| פְּעָמִֽים׃ | pe.'a.Mim | times | H6471 → |
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