ke.rit is the proper name of the wadi beside which a person is told to hide and then remains.

The attested proper noun names the wadi beside which a person is commanded to hide in 1 Kings 17:3 and beside which he later stays in 1 Kings 17:5.

1. Name of the wadi beside which he hides and stays · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun in both verses. In 1 Kings 17:3 the APB renders the instruction to “hide yourself beside the wadi Cherith,” and in 1 Kings 17:5 it renders that he “stayed beside the wadi Cherith.”

   1 Kings 17:31 Kings 17:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both verses, the APB presents the name in the phrase “wadi Cherith,” first as the location beside which he is to hide and then as the location beside which he stays. The verse is read as a whole.