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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Commentary
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| בַּשְּׁבִעִ֔ית | ba.she.vi.'It | at the seventh [time] | H7637 → |
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| הִנֵּה־ | hi.neh- | there! | H2009 → |
| עָ֛ב | 'av | a cloud | H5645 → |
| קְטַנָּ֥ה | ke.ta.Nah | small | H6996 → |
| כְּכַף־ | ke.khaf- | like [the] hand of | H3709 → |
| אִ֖ישׁ | 'ish | a person | H376 → |
| עֹלָ֣ה | 'o.Lah | [is] coming up | H5927 → |
| מִיָּ֑ם | mi.Yam | from [the] sea | H3220 → |
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| עֲלֵ֨ה | 'a.Leh | go up | H5927 → |
| אֱמֹ֤ר | 'e.Mor | say | H559 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| אַחְאָב֙ | 'ach.'Av | Ahab | H256 → |
| אֱסֹ֣ר | 'e.Sor | harness | H631 → |
| וָרֵ֔ד | va.Red | and go down | H3381 → |
| וְלֹ֥א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| יַעַצָרְכָ֖ה | ya.'a.tza.re.Khah | it will hold back you | H6113 → |
| הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃ | ha.Ga.shem | the rain | H1653 → |
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