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1 Kings

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It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
It came to fall out, come to pass, become, be Verb H1961 וַיְהִ֨י vay·hi
about at noon, midday, noon Noun H6672 בַֽצָּהֳרַ֜יִם va·tza·ho·ra·yim
that Elijah "Yah is God," a well-known prophet of Isr., also three other Isr. Noun H452 אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ e·li·ya·hu
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mocked to deceive, mock Verb H2048 וַיְהַתֵּ֧ל vay·hat·tel
them and said, to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ vai·yo·mer
"Call to call, proclaim, read Verb H7121 קִרְא֤וּ kir·'u
out with a loud great Adjective H1419 גָּדֹול֙ ga·do·vl
voice, sound, voice Noun H6963 בְקֹול־ ve·ko·vl-
for he is a god; God, god Noun H430 אֱלֹהִ֣ים e·lo·him
either that, for, when Conjunction H3588 כִּֽי־ ki-
he is occupied complaint, musing Noun H7879 שִׂ֧יחַ si·ach
or gone aside, a moving back or away, dross H5509    
or is on a journey, way, road, distance, journey, manner Noun H1870 דֶ֣רֶךְ de·rech
or perhaps perhaps Adverb H194 אוּלַ֛י u·lai
he is asleep sleeping Adjective H3463 יָשֵׁ֥ן ya·shen
and needs to be awakened." to awake Verb H3364 וְיִקָֽץ׃ ve·yi·katz.

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Elijah

Elijah [N] [B] [H]  [S] whose God is Jehovah.  "The Tishbite," the "Elias" of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made of a town called Thisbe, south of Kadesh, but it is impossible to say whether this was the place referred to in the name given to the prophet.  Having deliver... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened."
King James Bible It And it came about to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them them, and said, "Call out with a loud voice, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is occupied talking, or gone aside, he is pursuing, or he is on in a journey, or perhaps peradventure he is asleep sleepeth, and needs to must be awakened."awaked.
Hebrew Greek English It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened."