Verse 2

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Verse 4

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Verse 6

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Verse 8

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Verse 10

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Verse 11

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Verse 13

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Verse 14

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Verse 19

{ "verseID": "1_Kings.19.19", "source": "וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ מִ֠שָּׁם וַיִּמְצָ֞א אֶת־אֱלִישָׁ֤ע בֶּן־שָׁפָט֙ וְה֣וּא חֹרֵ֔שׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר צְמָדִים֙ לְפָנָ֔יו וְה֖וּא בִּשְׁנֵ֣ים הֶעָשָׂ֑ר וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ר אֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙ אֵלָ֔יו וַיַּשְׁלֵ֥ךְ אַדַּרְתּ֖וֹ אֵלָֽיו׃", "text": "And *wayyēleḵ* from there and *wayyimṣāʾ* *ʾet*-*ʾĔlîšāʿ* son-*Šāpāṭ* and he *ḥōrēš* twelve *ṣəmādîm* before him and he in the twelfth and *wayyaʿăḇōr* *ʾĒliyyāhû* to him and *wayyašlēḵ* *ʾaddartô* to him.", "grammar": { "*wayyēleḵ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went", "*wayyimṣāʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he found", "*ʾĔlîšāʿ*": "proper noun - Elisha", "*Šāpāṭ*": "proper noun - Shaphat", "*ḥōrēš*": "Qal participle masculine singular - plowing", "*ṣəmādîm*": "noun masculine plural - pairs/yokes", "*wayyaʿăḇōr*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he passed by", "*ʾĒliyyāhû*": "proper noun - Elijah", "*wayyašlēḵ*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he cast", "*ʾaddartô*": "noun feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mantle" }, "variants": { "*ḥōrēš*": "plowing/ploughing", "*šənêm-ʿāśār ṣəmādîm*": "twelve yokes/twelve pairs of oxen", "*wəhûʾ bišnêm heʿāśār*": "and he was with the twelfth/he was with the twelfth pair", "*wayyašlēḵ ʾaddartô ʾēlāyw*": "and he threw his mantle to him/he cast his cloak upon him" } }

Verse 20

{ "verseID": "1_Kings.19.20", "source": "וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב אֶת־הַבָּקָ֗ר וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֽ͏ֵלִיָּ֔הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶשְּׁקָה־נָּא֙ לְאָבִ֣י וּלְאִמִּ֔י וְאֵלְכָ֖ה אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ לֵ֣ךְ שׁ֔וּב כִּ֥י מֶה־עָשִׂ֖יתִי לָֽךְ׃", "text": "And *wayyaʿăzōḇ* *ʾet*-the *bāqār* and *wayyāroṣ* after *ʾĒliyyāhû* and *wayyōʾmer* let *ʾeššəqâ*-please to my father and to my mother and *wəʾēləḵâ* after you and *wayyōʾmer* to him go *šûḇ* for what-*ʿāśîtî* to you.", "grammar": { "*wayyaʿăzōḇ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he left", "*bāqār*": "noun masculine singular + definite article - the oxen", "*wayyāroṣ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he ran", "*ʾĒliyyāhû*": "proper noun - Elijah", "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾeššəqâ*": "Qal imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - let me kiss", "*wəʾēləḵâ*": "waw conjunction + Qal imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - and let me go", "*šûḇ*": "Qal imperative masculine singular - return", "*ʿāśîtî*": "Qal perfect 1st common singular - I have done" }, "variants": { "*ʾeššəqâ-nāʾ*": "let me kiss, please/allow me to kiss", "*wəʾēləḵâ ʾaḥăreḵā*": "and let me follow you/then I will follow you", "*lēḵ šûḇ*": "go, return/go back", "*kî meh-ʿāśîtî lāḵ*": "for what have I done to you/what have I done to you" } }

Verse 21

{ "verseID": "1_Kings.19.21", "source": "וַיָּ֨שָׁב מֵאַחֲרָ֜יו וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־צֶ֧מֶד הַבָּקָ֣ר וַיִּזְבָּחֵ֗הוּ וּבִכְלִ֤י הַבָּקָר֙ בִּשְּׁלָ֣ם הַבָּשָׂ֔ר וַיִּתֵּ֥ן לָעָ֖ם וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ וַיָּ֗קָם וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ אַחֲרֵ֥י אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ וַיְשָׁרְתֵֽהוּ׃", "text": "And *wayyāšāḇ* from after him and *wayyiqqaḥ* *ʾet*-*ṣemed* the *bāqār* and *wayyizḇəḥēhû* and with *kəlî* the *bāqār* *biššelām* the *bāśār* and *wayyittēn* to the people and *wayyōʾḵēlû* and *wayyāqām* and *wayyēleḵ* after *ʾĒliyyāhû* and *wayəšārtēhû*.", "grammar": { "*wayyāšāḇ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he returned", "*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he took", "*ṣemed*": "noun masculine singular construct - pair/yoke of", "*bāqār*": "noun masculine singular + definite article - the oxen", "*wayyizḇəḥēhû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he slaughtered it", "*kəlî*": "noun masculine singular construct - equipment/implements of", "*biššelām*": "Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - he boiled them", "*bāśār*": "noun masculine singular + definite article - the flesh/meat", "*wayyittēn*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he gave", "*wayyōʾḵēlû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd common plural - and they ate", "*wayyāqām*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he arose", "*wayyēleḵ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went", "*ʾĒliyyāhû*": "proper noun - Elijah", "*wayəšārtēhû*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he ministered to him" }, "variants": { "*ṣemed habbāqār*": "pair of oxen/yoke of oxen", "*wayyizḇəḥēhû*": "slaughtered it/sacrificed it", "*ûḇiḵlî habbāqār biššelām habbāśār*": "with the implements of the oxen he boiled their flesh", "*wayəšārtēhû*": "and ministered to him/and served him/and became his attendant" } }