unfoldingWord_en_tn/1ki/17/19.md

# where he was staying

Here "he" refers to Elijah.

# on his own bed

Here "his" refers to Elijah.

# have you also brought disaster on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?

Possible meanings are 1) Elijah is truly asking a question. AT: "why would you cause the widow with whom I am staying to suffer even more by killing her son" or 2) Elijah uses a question to express how sad he is. AT: "surely, you would not cause the widow with whom I am staying to suffer even more by killing her son" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# have you also brought disaster on the widow

Causing the widow to suffer is spoken of as if "disaster" were an object that is placed on the widow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# also brought disaster

Here "also" means in addition to the disaster that the drought has caused.

# stretched himself on the child

This is an idiom. AT: "lay on top of the child" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/elijah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/beg]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]