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1 Kings 18:46 Interlinear

“And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel”

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1 Kings 18 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְיַד	H3027	And the hand	a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
2	יְהוָ֗ה	H3068	of the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3	הָֽיְתָה֙	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
4	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
5	אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ	H452	was on Elijah	elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
6	וַיְשַׁנֵּ֖ס	H8151	and he girded up	to compress (with a belt)
7	מָתְנָ֑יו	H4975	his loins	properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
8	וַיָּ֙רָץ֙	H7323	and ran	to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
9	לִפְנֵ֣י	H6440	before	the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
10	אַחְאָ֔ב	H256	Ahab	achab, the name of a king of israel and of a prophet at babylon
11	עַד	H5704		as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
12	בֹּֽאֲכָ֖ה	H935	to the entrance	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
13	יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃	H3157	of Jezreel	jizreel, the name of two places in palestine and of two israelites

1 Kings 18:46 (current)And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah and he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel