1 Kings 18:43

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶֽל־נַעֲר֗וֹ עֲלֵֽה־נָא֙ הַבֵּ֣ט דֶּֽרֶךְ־יָ֔ם וַיַּ֙עַל֙ וַיַּבֵּ֔ט וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵ֣ין מְא֑וּמָה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שֻׁ֖ב שֶׁ֥בַע פְּעָמִֽים׃

Transliteration

wă-yō'mer to-na'ărô 'ălēh-nā' habbēṭ dereḵ-yām wă-ya'al wă-yabbēṭ wă-yō'mer 'ên mĕ'ûmâ wă-yō'mer šuḇ šeḇa' pĕ'āmîm

Grammar Details

*wă-yō'mer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*na'ărô*: common noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his servant/young man
*'ălēh*: qal imperative masculine singular - go up
*nā'*: particle of entreaty - please
*habbēṭ*: hiphil imperative masculine singular - look/observe
*dereḵ*: common noun, masculine singular construct - way of
*yām*: common noun, masculine singular - sea
*wă-ya'al*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went up
*wă-yabbēṭ*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he looked
*'ên*: particle of negation - there is not
*mĕ'ûmâ*: indefinite pronoun - anything
*šuḇ*: qal imperative masculine singular - return
*šeḇa'*: cardinal number - seven
*pĕ'āmîm*: common noun, feminine plural - times

Word Meanings

*na'ărô*: his servant/his attendant/his young man
*'ălēh*: go up/ascend
*habbēṭ*: look/observe/gaze
*dereḵ*-*yām*: way of the sea/toward the sea
*'ên* *mĕ'ûmâ*: there is nothing/not anything
*šuḇ*: return/go back/do again

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Referenced Verses

Gen 32:26 : 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Ps 5:3 : 3 O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; In the morning will I order [my prayer] unto thee, and will keep watch.
Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them?
Eph 6:18 : 18 with all prayer {G1722} {G2540} {G3956} and supplication praying at all seasons in the Spirit, and watching {G846} thereunto {G5124} in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,
Heb 10:36-37 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. 37 For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry.

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