King James Version

1 Kings 17:6

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

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וְהָעֹרְבִ֗יםvehaorevimand the ravenעֹרֵבconjunction, definite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and the raven”, the ordinary formH6158a raven (from its dusky hue)raven.מְבִיאִ֨יםmeviimto comeבּוֹאverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “to come”, a verb used as a describing wordH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…ל֜וֹlvotoל֜וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toלֶ֤חֶםlechembreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bread”, the ordinary formH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.וּבָשָׂר֙uvasarand bodyבָּשָׂרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and body”, the ordinary formH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.בַּבֹּ֔קֶרbaboqerin dayבֹּקֶרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in day”, the ordinary formH1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning([phrase]) day, early, morning, morrow.וְלֶ֥חֶםvelechemand breadלֶחֶםconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and bread”, the ordinary formH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.וּבָשָׂ֖רuvasarand bodyבָּשָׂרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and body”, the ordinary formH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.בָּעָ֑רֶבbaarevin evenעֶרֶבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in even”, the ordinary formH6153dusk[phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.וּמִןuminand fromמִןconjunction, preposition — “and from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַנַּ֖חַלhanachalthe brookנַחַלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the brook”, the ordinary formH5158a 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.יִשְׁתֶּֽהyishtehbanquetשָׁתָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “banquet”, an unfinished actionH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh.

World English Bible

The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

Darby Translation

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.

Douay-Rheims

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of tile torrent.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the ravens brought him loaves in the morning, and flesh in the evening, and he drank water of the brook.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ οἱ κόρακες ἔφερον αὐτῷ ἄρτους τοπρωῒ, καὶ κρέα τοδείλης, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ χειμάῤῥου ἔπινεν ὕδωρ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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