Hebrew Interlinear

1 Kings 18:31 Interlinear

took And Elijah twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob unto whom the word of the LORD came saying Israel shall be thy ~

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּקַּ֣חH3947tookto take (in the widest variety of applications)
2אֵֽלִיָּ֗הוּH452And Elijahelijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
3שְׁתֵּ֤יםH8147twelvetwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
4עֶשְׂרֵה֙H6240ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
5אֲבָנִ֔יםH68stonesa stone
6כְּמִסְפַּ֖רH4557according to the numbera number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
7שִׁבְטֵ֣יH7626of the tribesa scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
8בְנֵֽיH1121of the sonsa son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
9יַעֲקֹ֑בH3290of Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
10אֲשֶׁר֩H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
11הָיָ֨הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
12דְבַרH1697unto whom the worda word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
13יְהוָ֤הH3068of the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
14אֵלָיו֙H413near, with or among; often in general, to
15לֵאמֹ֔רH559came sayingto say (used with great latitude)
16יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לH3478Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
17יִֽהְיֶ֥הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
18שְׁמֶֽךָ׃H8034shall be thy ~an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

Verse Context

1 Kings 18:30said And Elijah unto all the people Come near ...
1 Kings 18:31 (current)took And Elijah twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob unto whom the word of the LORD came saying Israel shall be thy ~
1 Kings 18:32he built And with the stones an altar in the ~ of the LORD...

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