1 Kings 18:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So they divided the land between them to search it. Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיְחַלְּק֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ לַֽעֲבָר־בָּ֑הּ אַחְאָ֞ב הָלַ֨ךְ בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ אֶחָד֙ לְבַדּ֔וֹ וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּ הָלַ֥ךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ־אֶחָ֖ד לְבַדּֽוֹ

Transliteration

And wayəḥalləqû to-themselves ʾet-the-ʾāreṣ to-laʿăbār-in-it ʾaḥʾāb hālak in-derek ʾeḥād to-ləbaddô and-ʿōbadyāhû hālak in-derek-ʾeḥād to-ləbaddô

Grammar Details

• *wayəḥalləqû*: conjunction + piel imperfect 3mp - and they divided
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun feminine singular - land/country
• *laʿăbār*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to pass through
• *ʾaḥʾāb*: proper name - Ahab
• *hālak*: qal perfect 3ms - went/walked
• *derek*: noun masculine singular - way/road/path
• *ʾeḥād*: numeral masculine singular - one
• *ləbaddô*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 3ms suffix - by himself/alone
• *ʿōbadyāhû*: proper name - Obadiah

Word Meanings

• *wayəḥalləqû*: they divided/they apportioned
• *laʿăbār*: to pass through/to travel through
• *derek*: way/road/path/journey
• *ləbaddô*: by himself/alone/separately

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And they parted the selues into the londe, to go thorow it. Achab departed the one waye alone, and Abdia ye other waye alone.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And so they deuided the lande betweene them to walke thorowe it. Ahab went one way by him selfe, and Obadiah went another way by him selfe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so they deuided the lande betweene them to walke through it: Ahab went one way by him selfe, and Obadia went another way by him selfe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They divided up the land between them to search it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 14:3 : 3 The nobles sent their servants for water; they went to the cisterns but found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and humiliated, covering their heads.