1 Kings 17:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵ֣ךְ מִזֶּ֔ה וּפָנִ֥יתָ לְּךָ֖ קֵ֑דְמָה וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙ בְּנַ֣חַל כְּרִ֔ית אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

Transliteration

lēḵ from mizzeh and ûpānîtā to yourself qēdǝmāh and wǝnistartā in naḥal kǝrît which is upon pǝnê the hayyardēn.

Grammar Details

*lēḵ*: qal imperative, masculine singular - go
*mizzeh*: preposition + demonstrative pronoun - from here
*ûpānîtā*: waw + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and turn
*lǝḵā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to yourself
*qēdǝmāh*: noun, feminine singular, directional he - eastward
*wǝnistartā*: waw + niphal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and hide yourself
*naḥal*: noun, masculine singular construct - wadi/brook
*kǝrît*: proper noun - Cherith
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*ʿal-pǝnê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - upon the face of
*hayyardēn*: proper noun with definite article - the Jordan

Word Meanings

*lēḵ*: go/depart
*pānîtā*: turn/face
*qēdǝmāh*: eastward/to the east
*nistartā*: hide yourself/conceal yourself
*naḥal*: wadi/brook/stream
*ʿal-pǝnê*: upon the face of/before/in front of

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 22:25 : 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
Ps 31:20 : 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Ps 83:3 : 3 They have taken crafty{H8686)} counsel against thy people, and consulted{H8691)} against thy hidden ones{H8803)}.
Jer 36:19 : 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
Jer 36:26 : 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
John 8:59 : 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Acts 17:14 : 14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
Heb 11:38 : 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Rev 12:6 : 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Rev 12:14 : 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Kgs 17:4-11
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4And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
5So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
8And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
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1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
2And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
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17For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
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11And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
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1 Kgs 18:46
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1 Kgs 18:44
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