1 Kings 18:44

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וֽ͏ַיְהִי֙ בַּשְּׁבִעִ֔ית וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה־עָ֛ב קְטַנָּ֥ה כְּכַף־אִ֖ישׁ עֹלָ֣ה מִיָּ֑ם וַיֹּ֗אמֶר עֲלֵ֨ה אֱמֹ֤ר אֶל־אַחְאָב֙ אֱסֹ֣ר וָרֵ֔ד וְלֹ֥א יַעַצָרְכָ֖ה הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃

Transliteration

wă-yĕhî in-the-šĕḇî'ît wă-yō'mer behold-'āḇ qĕṭannâ like-kap-'îš 'ōlâ from-yām wă-yō'mer 'ălēh 'ĕmōr to-'aḥ'āḇ 'ĕsōr and-rēd and-not ya'ăṣārḵâ the-gāšem

Grammar Details

*wă-yĕhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened
*šĕḇî'ît*: ordinal number, feminine singular with definite article - the seventh
*wă-yō'mer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*'āḇ*: common noun, masculine singular - cloud
*qĕṭannâ*: adjective, feminine singular - small
*kap*: common noun, feminine singular construct - palm of
*'îš*: common noun, masculine singular - man
*'ōlâ*: qal active participle feminine singular - rising
*yām*: common noun, masculine singular - sea
*'ălēh*: qal imperative masculine singular - go up
*'ĕmōr*: qal imperative masculine singular - say
*'aḥ'āḇ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ahab
*'ĕsōr*: qal imperative masculine singular - harness/bind
*rēd*: qal imperative masculine singular - go down
*ya'ăṣārḵâ*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - it will stop you
*gāšem*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the rain

Word Meanings

*šĕḇî'ît*: seventh (time)
*'āḇ*: cloud/dark cloud/thick cloud
*qĕṭannâ*: small/little
*kap*-*'îš*: like a man's palm/hand
*'ōlâ*: rising/ascending/going up
*'ĕsōr*: harness/bind/prepare (chariot)
*rēd*: go down/descend
*ya'ăṣārḵâ*: stop you/restrain you/detain you

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Referenced Verses

Luke 12:54 : 54 And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.
1 Sam 6:7 : 7 Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke; and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
1 Sam 6:10 : 10 And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
Job 8:7 : 7 And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
Mic 1:13 : 13 Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Zech 4:10 : 10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; [these] [are] the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

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