1 Kings 17:4
Strong's Lexicon
And
וְהָיָ֖ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

you are to drink
תִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה (tiš·teh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8354: 1) to drink 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to drink 1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig) 1a2) to feast 1b) (Niphal) to be drunk

וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

from the brook,
מֵהַנַּ֣חַל (mê·han·na·ḥal)
Preposition-m, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5158: 1) torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley 1a) torrent 1b) torrent-valley, wadi (as stream bed) 1c) shaft (of mine) 2) palm-tree 2a) meaning dubious

and I have commanded
צִוִּ֔יתִי (ṣiw·wî·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: 1) to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to lay charge upon 1a2) to give charge to, give command to 1a3) to give charge unto 1a4) to give charge over, appoint 1a5) to give charge, command 1a6) to charge, command 1a7) to charge, commission 1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act) 1b) (Pual) to be commanded

the ravens
הָעֹרְבִ֣ים (hā·‘ō·rə·ḇîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6158: 1) raven

to feed you
לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ֖ (lə·ḵal·kel·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3557: 1) to seize, contain, measure 1a)(Qal) to measure, calculate 1b) (Pilpel) to sustain, maintain, contain 1b1) to sustain, support, nourish 1b2) to contain, hold in, restrain 1b3) to support, endure 1c) (Polpal) to be supplied 1d) (Hilpil) to contain, hold, hold in, endure 1d1) to contain 1d2) to sustain, endure

there.”
שָֽׁם׃ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: 1) there, thither 1a) there 1b) thither (after verbs of motion) 1c) from there, thence 1d) then (as an adverb of time)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”

New American Standard Bible
"It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there."

King James Bible
And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there."

New Living Translation
Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food."

English Standard Version
You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

New American Standard Bible
"It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there."

King James Bible
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there."

International Standard Version
You will be able to drink from that brook, and I've commanded some crows to sustain you there."

NET Bible
Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there."

American Standard Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

English Revised Version
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

Young's Literal Translation
and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.'
















Cross References
1 Kings 17:3
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

1 Kings 17:5
So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

1 Kings 17:9
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

1 Kings 1:1
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.

1 Kings 17:2
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

1 Kings 17:1
And 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.

1 Kings 17:6
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

1 Kings 17:7
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
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