1 Kings 18:4

ו מים

and dual waters

9016

None
Definition: verseEnd
Root: None
Exhaustive: None

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4325

מים
mayim
Definition: water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
Root: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense);
Exhaustive: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

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9002

ו
None
Definition: and
Root: None
Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’)

לחם

bread loaf

3899

לחם
lechem
Definition: food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Root: from H3898 (לחם); See also H1036 (בית לעפרה)
Exhaustive: from לחם; See also בית לעפרה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.

ו כלכל ם

and he is containing-containing them

9038

הם
None
Definition: them, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person masculine plural
Root: None
Exhaustive: Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine plural

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3557

כול
kûwl
Definition: properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses); (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).

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9001

ו
None
Definition: sequential 'and'
Root: None
Exhaustive: Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (future<->past)

ב מערה

within the Cave

4631

מערה
mᵉʻârâh
Definition: a cavern (as dark)
Root: from H5783 (עור);
Exhaustive: from עור; a cavern (as dark); cave, den, hole.

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9003

ב
None
Definition: in, by
Root: None
Exhaustive: in, at, against, on, among, with; according to, by, because of. prefix or inseparable preposition; combined with the definite article

איש

a man/each one

376

איש
ʼîysh
Definition: a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Root: contracted for H582 (אנוש) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
Exhaustive: contracted for אנוש (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אשה.

חמשים

fifty

2572

חמשים
chămishshîym
Definition: fifty
Root: multiple of H2568 (חמש);
Exhaustive: multiple of חמש; fifty; fifty.

ו יחביא ם

and he is concealing them

9038

הם
None
Definition: them, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person masculine plural
Root: None
Exhaustive: Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine plural

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2244

חבא
châbâʼ
Definition: to secrete
Root: a primitive root (compare H2245 (חבב));
Exhaustive: a primitive root (compare חבב); to secrete; [idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly.

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9001

ו
None
Definition: sequential 'and'
Root: None
Exhaustive: Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (future<->past)

נבאים

prophets

5030

נביא
nâbîyʼ
Definition: a prophet or (generally) inspired man
Root: from H5012 (נבא);
Exhaustive: from נבא; a prophet or (generally) inspired man; prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.

מאה

a hundred

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מאה
mêʼâh
Definition: a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
Root: or מאיה; properly, a primitive numeral
Exhaustive: or מאיה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.

עבדיהו

Laborer is Himself (Obedihu)

5662

עבדיה
ʻÔbadyâh
Definition: Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
Root: or עבדיהו; active participle of H5647 (עבד) and H3050 (יה); serving Jah;
Exhaustive: or עבדיהו; active participle of עבד and יה; serving Jah; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites; Obadiah.

ו יקח

and he is taking

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לקח
lâqach
Definition: to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.

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9001

ו
None
Definition: sequential 'and'
Root: None
Exhaustive: Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (future<->past)

יהוה

He Is

3068

יהוה
Yᵉhôvâh
Definition: Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Root: from H1961 (היה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal;
Exhaustive: from היה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יה, יהוה.

נביאי

prophets

5030

נביא
nâbîyʼ
Definition: a prophet or (generally) inspired man
Root: from H5012 (נבא);
Exhaustive: from נבא; a prophet or (generally) inspired man; prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.

את

את-self eternal

853

את
ʼêth
Definition: properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
Root: apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;
Exhaustive: apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

איזבל

Undignified (Iyzebel)

348

איזבל
ʼÎyzebel
Definition: Izebel, the wife of king Ahab
Root: from H336 (אי)lemma אי missing vowel, corrected to אי and H2083 (זבל);
Exhaustive: from איlemma אי missing vowel, corrected to אי and זבל; Izebel, the wife of king Ahab; Jezebel.

ב הכרית

within the causing to cut off

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כרת
kârath
Definition: to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
Root: a primitive root;
Exhaustive: a primitive root; to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces); be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.

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9003

ב
None
Definition: in, by
Root: None
Exhaustive: in, at, against, on, among, with; according to, by, because of. prefix or inseparable preposition; combined with the definite article

ו יהי

and he is becoming

1961

היה
hâyâh
Definition: to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Root: a primitive root (compare H1933 (הוא));
Exhaustive: a primitive root (compare הוא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

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9001

ו
None
Definition: sequential 'and'
Root: None
Exhaustive: Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (future<->past)

RBT Hebrew Literal:

and he is within the causing to cut off Undignified (Iyzebel) את-self eternal prophets He Is and he is taking Laborer is Himself (Obedihu) a hundred prophets and he is concealing them fifty a man/each one within the Cave and he is containing-containing them bread loaf and dual waters

RBT Paraphrase:

Obadiah the Slave Hides them

And he is becoming within the Severing caused by Undignified ("Iyzebel") of the self eternal prophets of He Is. And Himself is Laborer is taking a hundred prophets, and he is concealing themselves fifty of a man within the Cave, and he has contained-contained themselves of a bread loaf and dual water.¹

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And it will be in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, and Obadiaha will take a hundred prophets, and hide fifty men in a cave, and he nourished them with bread and water.)

LITV Translation:
and it happened, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and had hidden them, fifty men in a cave, and had fed them with bread and water)

ESV Translation:
and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And it came to pass when Jezebel smote the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

Footnotes

1Ki. 18:4

The Hebrew verb כלכל (Piel form) is a reduplicated form of the root כול (K-W-L), which primarily means "to contain, hold together, or sustain." The doubling is because of the two-sided nature of "holding in" or "sustaining." The letter כ symbolizes the palm of a hand. ל symbolizes a staff, and together כל means "the whole."

The Piel form intensifies this meaning, taking on the sense of "to receive, to hold, to sustain, to nourish, or to support." This reduplication follows a common pattern in the Piel stem, reinforcing the idea of embracing, enclosing, or providing for something or someone. Biblical occurrences include 1 Kings 18:4, where Obadiah "sustained" the prophets with food and water, and Genesis 45:11, where Joseph provides for his family. The meaning of "to measure" is a secondary development from the core idea of containment.

(cf. Julius Fürst, Hebrew Lexicon)