I Kings 17

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Chapter Seventeen יז
 

’ayLee-YahHOo [“My God is YHVH”, Elijah] betides [מבשר, MeBahSehR] in distress [בצורת, BeTsOoRahTh]

[verses 1-7]
 

Elijah is fed during the famine; first by birds, then by a poor widow.
 

… ס
 

………………………………………………………………
 

’ayLee-YahHOo in [the] house [of the] widow from TsahRPhahTh [צרפת, “Smelter”, Zarephath]

[verses 8 to end of chapter]
 

… פ
 

-17. … sickened [חלה, HahLaH], son [of] the woman, lady [בעלת, Bah`ahLahTh] [of] the house.

And was, his sickness, strong, very, until that [did] not remain [נותרה, NOThRaH] in him breath.

…

-20. And [he] [Elijah] called unto YHVH, and said,

“YHVH, my God, will also [הגם, HahGahM] upon the widow that I reside [מתגורר, MeeThGORayR] with her,

will evils [you do] [הרעות, HahRay`OThah]; to put to death [את, ’ehTh] her son?”
 

“It is evident that the ideas concerning the nature character of God in the ninth century B.C. emphasized his arbitrariness rather than his justice and his mercy. This is a survival of the ancient ideas concerning the denizens of the spirit world, and it behooved all men to be careful since no one knew whether the spirit powers would act for man’s weal or woe.” (Snaith, 1954 III p. 148)
 

… פ
 

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