1 Kings 18:42
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So Ahabאַחְאָ֖ב
(ach·'av)
256: "father's brother," a king of Isr., also a false prophetfrom ach and ab
wentוַיַּעֲלֶ֥ה
(vai·ya·'a·leh)
5927: to go up, ascend, climba prim. root
up to eatלֶאֱכֹ֣ל
(le·'e·chol)
398: to eata prim. root
and drink.וְלִשְׁתֹּ֑ות
(ve·lish·to·vt;)
8354: to drinka prim. root
But Elijahוְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּ
(ve·'e·li·ya·hu)
452: "Yah is God," a well-known prophet of Isr., also three other Isr.from el and Yah
wentעָלָ֨ה
(a·lah)
5927: to go up, ascend, climba prim. root
up to the topרֹ֤אשׁ
(rosh)
7218: heada prim. root
of Carmel;הַכַּרְמֶל֙
(hak·kar·mel)
3760: a mountain promontory on the Mediterranean, also a city near Hebronfrom the same as kerem
and he crouched downוַיִּגְהַ֣ר
(vai·yig·har)
1457: to bend, croucha prim. root
on the earthאַ֔רְצָה
(ar·tzah,)
776: earth, landa prim. root
and putוַיָּ֥שֶׂם
(vai·ya·sem)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
his faceפָּנָ֖יו
(pa·nav)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
betweenבֵּ֥ין
(bein)
996: an interval, space betweenfrom bin
his knees.(בִּרְכָּֽיו׃
(bir·kav.)
1290: the kneefrom barak


















KJV Lexicon
So Ahab
'Ach'ab  (akh-awb')
brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon -- Ahab.
went up
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
to eat
'akal  (aw-kal')
to eat -- at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
and to drink
shathah  (shaw-thaw')
to imbibe -- assuredly, banquet, certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (-ard), surely.
And Elijah
'Eliyah  (ay-lee-yaw')
God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites -- Elijah, Eliah.
went up
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
to the top
ro'sh  (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
of Carmel
Karmel  (kar-mel')
Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine -- Carmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).
and he cast himself down
gahar  (gaw-har')
to prostrate oneself -- cast self down, stretch self.
upon the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
and put
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
his face
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
between his knees
berek  (beh'-rek)
a knee -- knee.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he crouched down on the earth and put his face between his knees.

King James Bible
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Ahab went to eat and drink, but Elijah went up to the summit of Carmel. He bowed down on the ground and put his face between his knees.

International Standard Version
So Ahab got up to get something to eat and drink while Elijah went back up to the top of Mount Carmel, where he bowed low to the ground and placed his face between his knees.

NET Bible
So Ahab went on up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel. He bent down toward the ground and put his face between his knees.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Ahab got up to eat and drink. Elijah went to the top of Carmel and bowed down on the ground to pray.

King James 2000 Bible
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
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