1 Kings 18:33

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֶת־הָֽעֵצִ֑ים וַיְנַתַּח֙ אֶת־הַפָּ֔ר וַיָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־הָעֵצִֽים׃

Transliteration

wă-ya'ărōḵ 'et-the-'ēṣîm wă-yĕnattaḥ 'et-the-pār wă-yāśem on-the-'ēṣîm

Grammar Details

• *wă-ya'ărōḵ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he arranged
• *'et*: direct object marker
• *'ēṣîm*: common noun, masculine plural with definite article - the wood/pieces of wood
• *wă-yĕnattaḥ*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he cut in pieces
• *pār*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the bull
• *wă-yāśem*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he placed

Word Meanings

• *ya'ărōḵ*: arrange/set in order/prepare
• *'ēṣîm*: wood/timber/trees
• *yĕnattaḥ*: cut in pieces/dismember
• *pār*: bull/young bull

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces, and laid it on the wood.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & prepared the wod, & hewed ye bullock in peces, and layed him vpon the wod, & sayde: Fetch foure pitchers full of water, and poured it vpo the burntofferynge, and vpon the wod.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he put the wood in order, and hewed the bullocke in pieces, & layd him on the wood,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he put the wood in order, and hewed the oxe in peeces, and layed him on the wood, and said: Fill foure barrels with water, and powre it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid [him] on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour [it] on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth `it' on the wood, and saith, `Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he put the wood in order, and, cutting up the ox, put it on the wood. Then he said, Get four vessels full of water and put it on the burned offering and on the wood. And he said, Do it a second time, and they did it a second time;

• World English Bible (2000)

  He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, "Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. Then he said,“Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 22:9 : 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
• Lev 1:6-8 : 6 And he shall flay the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. 7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange the wood on the fire: 8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
• Judg 6:20 : 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
• Dan 3:19 : 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed towards Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; he spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
• Dan 3:25 : 25 He answered and said, Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
• John 11:39-40 : 39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days. 40 Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?
• John 19:33-34 : 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs: 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.