1 Kings 17:10
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”
עֵץ
Tree. Ets. A tree planted by rivers of water. The righteous person is like a tree with deep roots in God's word, bearing fruit in season and never withering.
נָא
please
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נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
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מַיִם
water
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מַיִם
Waters. Mayim. God gathered the waters and called them seas. Jesus said rivers of living water will flow from within those who believe in Him.
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קָשַׁשׁ
was gathering
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קָשַׁשׁ
to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble
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שָׁם
there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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פֶּתַח
the entrance of
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פֶּתַח
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
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לָקַח
get
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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מְעַט
a little of
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מְעַט
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
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צָרְפַת
Zarephath/ towards
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צָרְפַת
Tsarephath, a place in Palestine
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