Hebrew Interlinear

1 Kings 18:40 Interlinear

said And Elijah And they took the prophets of Baal let not one of them escape And they took brought them down And Elijah to the brook Kishon and slew

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּאמֶר֩H559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אֵֽלִיָּ֙הוּ֙H452And Elijahelijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
3לָהֶ֜םH0
4וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּםH8610And they tookto manipulate, i.e., seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
5אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6נְבִיאֵ֣יH5030the prophetsa prophet or (generally) inspired man
7הַבַּ֗עַלH1168of Baalbaal, a phoenician deity
8אִ֛ישׁH376let not onea man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
9אַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
10יִמָּלֵ֥טH4422of them escapeproperly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth youn
11מֵהֶ֖םH1992they (only used when emphatic)
12וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂ֑וּםH8610And they tookto manipulate, i.e., seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
13וַיּֽוֹרִדֵ֤םH3381brought them downto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
14אֵֽלִיָּ֙הוּ֙H452And Elijahelijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
15אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
16נַ֣חַלH5158to the brooka stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
17קִישׁ֔וֹןH7028Kishonkishon, a river of palestine
18וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖םH7819and slewto slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
19שָֽׁם׃H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

Verse Context

1 Kings 18:39saw And when all the people it they fell on their faces...
1 Kings 18:40 (current)said And Elijah And they took the prophets of Baal let not one of them escape And they took brought them down And Elijah to the brook Kishon and slew
1 Kings 18:41said And Elijah unto Ahab Get thee up eat and drink...

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