1 Kings 17:20
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And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
In other translations
And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
Hebrew words
וַיִּקְרָאvaiyikra'and he called outH7121אֶל־'el-toH413יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וַיֹּאמַרvaiyomarand he saidH559יְהוָהyahwehO YahwehH3068אֱלֹהָי'elohaiGod myH430הֲגַםhagam¿ alsoH1571עַל־'al-onH5921הָאַלְמָנָהha'almanahthe widowH490אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whomH834אֲנִי'aniIH589מִתְגּוֹרֵרmitgorer[am] staying as a sojournerH1481עִמָּהּ'imahwith herH5973הֲרֵעוֹתָhare'otahave you done harmH7489לְהָמִיתlehamitby putting to deathH4191אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853בְּנָהּ׃benahson herH1121
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