1 Kings 18:5
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אַחְאָב
ʼAchʼâb
Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עֹבַדְיָה
ʻÔbadyâh
Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מַעְיָן
maʻyân
a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
פֵּן
pên
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
סוּס
çûwç
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
Key Terms in This Verse
מַעְיָן maʻyân
a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
Study H4599 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →פֵּן pên
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
Study H6435 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →אַחְאָב ʼAchʼâb
Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
Study H256 →Cross References
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and ther...
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
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