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1 Kings 18:44

On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”

BSB

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ASV

And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

KJV

And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961
בַּשְּׁבִעִ֔יתba.she.vi.'Itat the seventh [time]H7637
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
הִנֵּה־hi.neh-there!H2009
עָ֛ב'ava cloudH5645
קְטַנָּ֥הke.ta.NahsmallH6996
כְּכַף־ke.khaf-like [the] hand ofH3709
אִ֖ישׁ'isha personH376
עֹלָ֣ה'o.Lah[is] coming upH5927
מִיָּ֑םmi.Yamfrom [the] seaH3220
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
עֲלֵ֨ה'a.Lehgo upH5927
אֱמֹ֤ר'e.MorsayH559
אֶל־'el-toH413
אַחְאָב֙'ach.'AvAhabH256
אֱסֹ֣ר'e.SorharnessH631
וָרֵ֔דva.Redand go downH3381
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
יַעַצָרְכָ֖הya.'a.tza.re.Khahit will hold back youH6113
הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃ha.Ga.shemthe rainH1653

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About 1 Kings

The Prophets of Baal Are Slaughtered — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophets of Baal Are Slaughtered — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain