וַיַּֽעֲנֶ֣ה1 of 26
“answered”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
אֵֽלִיָּ֗הוּ2 of 26
“And Elijah”
H452elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
וַיְדַבֵּר֮3 of 26
“and said”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אֶל4 of 26
H413near, with or among; often in general, to
שַׂ֣ר5 of 26
“to the captain”
H8269a head person (of any rank or class)
חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃6 of 26
“him and his fifty”
H2572fifty
וְאִם7 of 26
H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
אִ֤ישׁ8 of 26
“If I be a man”
H376a 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)
אֱלֹהִים֙9 of 26
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
וַתֵּ֤רֶד11 of 26
“And there came down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
אֵשׁ֙12 of 26
“fire”
H784fire (literally or figuratively)
מִן13 of 26
H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם14 of 26
“from heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
וַתֹּ֥אכַל15 of 26
“and consume”
H398to eat (literally or figuratively)
אֹֽתְךָ֖16 of 26
H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
וְאֶת17 of 26
H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃18 of 26
“him and his fifty”
H2572fifty
וַתֵּ֤רֶד19 of 26
“And there came down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
אֵשׁ֙20 of 26
“fire”
H784fire (literally or figuratively)
מִן21 of 26
H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם22 of 26
“from heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
וַתֹּ֥אכַל23 of 26
“and consume”
H398to eat (literally or figuratively)
אֹת֖וֹ24 of 26
H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
וְאֶת25 of 26
H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃26 of 26
“him and his fifty”
H2572fifty