Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.” Young's Literal Translation And he riseth, and goeth to Zarephath, and cometh in unto the opening of the city, and lo there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he calleth unto her, and saith, ‘Bring, I pray thee, to me, a little water in a vessel, and I drink.’ King James Bible So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. Hebrew So Elijah got upוַיָּ֣קָם ׀ (way·yā·qām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand and went וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to Zarephath. צָרְפַ֗תָה (ṣā·rə·p̄a·ṯāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 6886: Zarephath -- 'smelting place', a city South of Sidon When he arrived וַיָּבֹא֙ (way·yā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go at אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the city הָעִ֔יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement gate, פֶּ֣תַח (pe·ṯaḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way there שָׁ֛ם (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither was a widow אַלְמָנָ֖ה (’al·mā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 490: A widow, a desolate place gathering מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת (mə·qō·še·šeṯ) Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular construct Strong's 7197: To forage for, straw, stubble, wood, to assemble sticks. עֵצִ֑ים (‘ê·ṣîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood Elijah called וַיִּקְרָ֤א (way·yiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read to אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ (’ê·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to her and said, וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (way·yō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Please נָ֨א (nā) Interjection Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then' bring קְחִי־ (qə·ḥî-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular Strong's 3947: To take me לִ֧י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew a little מְעַט־ (mə·‘aṭ-) Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few water מַ֛יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen in a cup, בַּכְּלִ֖י (bak·kə·lî) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus so that I may drink.” וְאֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (wə·’eš·teh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 8354: To imbibe |
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