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Prep-m | N-mpc  |  1× in 1 sense
inhabitants of (Tishbe) — residents of a place, here Tishbe in Gilead, identifying Elijah's origin
This phrase in 1 Kings 17:1 identifies Elijah's hometown. The Hebrew is textually difficult, but most scholars read 'from Tishbe of Gilead' rather than the Masoretic 'from the settlers of Gilead.' Tishbe is identified with modern Istib in the Transjordanian highlands. The geographical note emphasizes Elijah's rustic, wilderness origins—he was not a court prophet but a rugged figure from the frontier, which fits his confrontational ministry and desert sojourns.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — The prepositional phrase in 1 Kings 17:1, most likely meaning 'from Tishbe in Gilead,' identifying Elijah's hometown. BDB and modern commentaries prefer emending the Masoretic 'inhabitants' to the place name 'Tishbe' based on the Septuagint and context. This establishes Elijah as a Transjordanian prophet, a detail that shapes his identity as an outsider confronting Israel's royal establishment. 1×
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS › Nature, Class, Example › Geography and Space
AR["مِنْ-ساكِني"]·ben["থেকে-বাসিন্দাদের"]·DE["von-inhabitants-von"]·EN["from-inhabitants-of"]·FR["de-habitants-de"]·heb["מ-תושבי"]·HI["से-बसनेवालों"]·ID["dari-penduduk"]·IT["da-abitanti-di"]·jav["saking-pendhudhuk"]·KO["거주자들-의"]·PT["dos-habitantes-de"]·RU["из-жителей"]·ES["de-los-moradores-de"]·SW["kutoka-wakaaji-wa"]·TR["sakinlerinden"]·urd["باشندوں-میں-سے"]
1 Kgs 17:1
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [תִּשְׁבֶּה] n.pr.loc. (from above √?);—read prob. מִתִּשְׁבֵּה גִלְעָד (or תִּשְׁבֵּי) 1 K 17:1 (for MT מִתּשָׁבֵי) 𝔊 ἐκ Θεσβῶν (𝔊L Θεσσεβῶν) τῆς Γαλααδ, so Jos; Ew Th We Kmp Benz Kit Burney al.; home of Elijah; v. KasterenZPV xiii (1890), 207 ff. cp. mod. Istib, in mts. of Ajlûn, so BuhlG. 257.