| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Kings 18:4:1 ⧉וַיְהִי֙vayehiand it happened 1 Kings 18:4:2 ⧉בְּהַכְרִ֣יתbehakhritwhen cutting off 1 Kings 18:4:3 ⧉אִיזֶ֔בֶלizevelJezebel 1 Kings 18:4:4 ⧉אֵ֖תet 1 Kings 18:4:5 ⧉נְבִיאֵ֣יnevieprophets of 1 Kings 18:4:6 ⧉יְהוָ֑הyahwehthe LORD 1 Kings 18:4:7 ⧉וַיִּקַּ֨חvayikkakhand he took 1 Kings 18:4:8 ⧉עֹבַדְיָ֜הוּovadyahuObadiah 1 Kings 18:4:9 ⧉מֵאָ֣הmeaa hundred 1 Kings 18:4:10 ⧉נְבִאִ֗יםneviimprophets 1 Kings 18:4:11 ⧉וַֽיַּחְבִּיאֵ֞םvayakhbiemand he hid them 1 Kings 18:4:12 ⧉חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםkhamishimfifty 1 Kings 18:4:13 ⧉אִישׁ֙isha man 1 Kings 18:4:14 ⧉בַּמְּעָרָ֔הbamearain the cave 1 Kings 18:4:15 ⧉וְכִלְכְּלָ֖םvekhilkelamand he sustained them 1 Kings 18:4:16 ⧉לֶ֥חֶםlekhembread 1 Kings 18:4:17 ⧉וָמָֽיִם׃vamayimand water |
| 4. Formal Translation And it came about when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the LORD {Yahweh, Provider of the Hidden} that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid fifty in a cave, and provided them with bread and water. |
| 4. Dynamic Translation While Jezebel was eliminating the LORD’s {Yahweh, Protector of the Hidden} prophets, Obadiah gathered a hundred prophets, concealed fifty in a cave, and supplied them with food and water. |