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1 Kings 17:3

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

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לֵ֣ךְlekhecarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “carry”, a commandH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…מִזֶּ֔הmizehfrom the one...the otherזֶהpreposition, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “from the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…וּפָנִ֥יתָufanitaand appearפָּנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and appear”, a completed action in a sequenceH6437to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).לְּךָ֖lekhatoלְּךָ֖preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toקֵ֑דְמָהqedemahbeforeקֶדֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “before”, the ordinary formH6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙venistartaand hideסָתַרconjunction, verb, niphal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and hide”, a completed actionH5641to hide (by covering), literally or figurativelybe absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.בְּנַ֣חַלbenachalin brookנַחַלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in brook”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.כְּרִ֔יתkeritCherithכְּרִיתnoun, proper name — “Cherith”H3747Kerith, a brook of PalestineCherith.אֲשֶׁ֖רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…פְּנֵ֥יpenea- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the 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.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…הַיַּרְדֵּֽןhayardenthe Jordanיַרְדֵּןdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Jordan”H3383Jarden, the principal river of PalestineJordan.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Go from this [place]; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan,

World English Bible

“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

Darby Translation

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

Douay-Rheims

Get thee hence, and go towards the east and hide thyself by the torrent of Carith, which is over against the Jordan,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Depart hence eastward, and hide thee by the brook of Chorrath, that is before Jordan.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

πορεύου ἐντεῦθεν κατὰ ἀνατολὰς, καὶ κρύβηθι ἐν τῷ χειμάῤῥῳ Χοῤῥαθ τοῦ ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.