1 Kings 18:38

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּפֹּ֣ל אֵשׁ־יְהוָ֗ה וַתֹּ֤אכַל אֶת־הָֽעֹלָה֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣עֵצִ֔ים וְאֶת־הָאֲבָנִ֖ים וְאֶת־הֶעָפָ֑ר וְאֶת־הַמַּ֥יִם אֲשֶׁר־בַּתְּעָלָ֖ה לִחֵֽכָה׃

Transliteration

wă-tippōl 'ēš-YHWH wă-tō'ḵal 'et-the-'ōlâ and-'et-the-'ēṣîm and-'et-the-'ăḇānîm and-'et-the-'āp̄ār and-'et-the-mayim 'ăšer-in-the-tĕ'ālâ liḥēḵâ

Grammar Details

*wă-tippōl*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and it fell
*'ēš*: common noun, feminine singular construct - fire of
*YHWH*: divine name
*wă-tō'ḵal*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and it consumed
*'et*: direct object marker
*'ōlâ*: common noun, feminine singular with definite article - the burnt offering
*'ēṣîm*: common noun, masculine plural with definite article - the wood
*'ăḇānîm*: common noun, feminine plural with definite article - the stones
*'āp̄ār*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the dust
*mayim*: common noun, masculine plural with definite article - the water
*'ăšer*: relative particle - which
*tĕ'ālâ*: common noun, feminine singular with definite article - the trench
*liḥēḵâ*: piel perfect 3rd feminine singular - it licked up

Word Meanings

*'ēš*: fire/flame
*'ōlâ*: burnt offering/that which goes up
*'āp̄ār*: dust/soil/earth
*tĕ'ālâ*: trench/channel/conduit
*liḥēḵâ*: licked up/consumed

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Referenced Verses

Lev 9:24 : 24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
Judg 6:21 : 21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
1 Chr 21:26 : 26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
2 Chr 7:1 : 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Job 1:16 : 16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
1 Kgs 18:24 : 24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
2 Kgs 1:12 : 12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
Lev 10:2 : 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Gen 15:17 : 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Isa 31:9 : 9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

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Lev 9:24
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24And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
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32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
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34And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
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