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1 Kings 18:41

And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ֙eliyahvElijahאֵלִיָּהnoun, proper name — “Elijah”H452Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other IsraelitesElijah, Eliah.לְאַחְאָ֔בleachavto Ahabאַחְאָבpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Ahab”H256Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at BabylonAhab.עֲלֵ֖הalehascend upעָלָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “ascend up”, a commandH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…אֱכֹ֣לekholeatאָכַלverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “eat”, a commandH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.וּשְׁתֵ֑הushetehand banquetשָׁתָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and banquet”, a commandH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…ק֖וֹלqolsoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.הֲמ֥וֹןhamonnoiseהָמוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “noise”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1995a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealthabundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.הַגָּֽשֶׁםhagashemthe showerגֶּשֶׁםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the shower”, the ordinary formH1653a showerrain, shower.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Elijah said unto Ahab: 'Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Elijah saith to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'

World English Bible

Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”

Darby Translation

And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

Douay-Rheims

And Elias said to Achab: Go up, eat, and drink: for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Elijah said unto Ahab: 'Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Eliu said to Achaab, Go up, and eat and drink, for there is a sound of the coming of rain.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλιοὺ τῷ Ἀχαὰβ, ἀνάβηθι, καὶ φάγε καὶ πίε, ὅτι φωνὴ τῶν ποδῶν τοῦ ὑετοῦ.