Use the cheat sheet to mark the Hebrew text with circles, highlights, and zigzag underlines for the elements you have learned:
Non-prefix conjunctions
Participles in any stem
Perfect form verbs in any stem
Imperfect form verbs in the qal stem (both regular imperfects and sequential-imperfects)
Translate the text using the helps under each verse.
The context of this passage is that Yahweh has told Elijah to show himself to King Ahab, and that he will end the drought on Israel by sending rain. Obadiah, Ahab’s servant who fears God, encounters Elijah while searching for him with Ahab. Elijah tells Obadiah to tell Ahab that Elijah is here, and Obadiah objects in verses 12–14.
Markup conjunctions, participles, perfect, and qal imperfect form verbs.
אִיזֶ֔בֶל — Sound out this name. The first letter is different in English than in Hebrew, but if you know some of the stories about Ahab, you should be able to figure it out!
אַחְבִּא֩ — hiphil sequential-imperfect 1st common singular, from חָבָא “hide”
מְעָרָה — “cave”
אֲכַלְכְּלֵ֖ — pilpel¹ sequential-imperfect 1st common singular, from כּוּל “sustain”
Markup conjunctions, participles, perfect, and qal imperfect form verbs.
חַ֚י — This is a predicate adjective. Introduce this quotation with “as.”
עָמַד — “stand”
אֵרָאֶ֥ה — niphal imperfect 1st common singular; in this stem, this verb means “appear”
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