1 Kings 18:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

Young's Literal Translation
and Ahab saith unto Obadiah, ‘Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.’

King James Bible
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

Hebrew
Then Ahab
אַחְאָב֙ (’aḥ·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 256: Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Obadiah,
עֹ֣בַדְיָ֔הוּ (‘ō·ḇaḏ·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5662: Obadiah -- 'servant of Yah', the name of a number of Israelites

“Go
לֵ֤ךְ (lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

throughout the land
בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

spring
מַעְיְנֵ֣י (ma‘·yə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4599: A fountain, a source

and
וְאֶ֖ל (wə·’el)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

valley.
הַנְּחָלִ֑ים (han·nə·ḥā·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft

Perhaps
אוּלַ֣י ׀ (’ū·lay)
Adverb
Strong's 194: Perhaps

we will find
נִמְצָ֣א (nim·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

grass
חָצִ֗יר (ḥā·ṣîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2682: Green grass, herbage

to keep the horses
ס֣וּס (sūs)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

and mules
וָפֶ֔רֶד (wā·p̄e·reḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6505: A mule

alive
וּנְחַיֶּה֙ (ū·nə·ḥay·yeh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

so that we will not
וְל֥וֹא (wə·lō·w)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

have to destroy
נַכְרִ֖ית (naḵ·rîṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

any livestock.”
מֵהַבְּהֵמָֽה׃ (mê·hab·bə·hê·māh)
Preposition-m, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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