the LORD God. Jehovah Elohim; or. Where is Jehovah the God of Elijah? After this the Hebrew text has. aph hu = " even he". The Vulgate reads this as the end of the question. But the Massorites, by the accent (athnach), throw it on to the next sentence, "and when even he smote the waters", &c.
they parted. The first of sixteen miracles. See note on 2 Kings 2:15.
over. The 19th Seder ends here. See note on p. 366.