1 Kings 18:43

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Eph 6:18 : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Heb 10:36-37 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

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