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2 Kingschapter 6

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A Famine in Samaria, Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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2 Kings 6— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

They that are with us are more — horses and chariots of fire13

2 Kings 6:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לְכ֤וּlekhugoH1980וּרְאוּ֙ureuand seeH7200אֵיכֹ֣הʾeikhohwhere?H351ה֔וּאhu'[is] heH1931וְאֶשְׁלַ֖חveeshlachso I may sendH7971וְאֶקָּחֵ֑הוּveekachehuso I may capture himH3947וַיֻּגַּד־vaiyugad-and it was toldH5046ל֥וֹloto himלֵאמֹ֖רlemor<to> sayingH559הִנֵּ֥הhinehthere!H2009בְדֹתָֽן׃vedotanin DothanH1886

Rashi on II Kings 6:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Where he is. Where he is. 6 See Shir Hashirim:7 for a similar expression. 7 According to Malbim, this was not a hostile act. The king sent his men to invite Elisha to his court in the hope of winning him over.

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2 Kings 6:32· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וֶאֱלִישָׁע֙veelisha'and ElishaH477יֹשֵׁ֣בyoshev[was] sittingH3427בְּבֵית֔וֹbeveitoin house hisH1004וְהַזְּקֵנִ֖יםvehazekenimand the eldersH2205יֹשְׁבִ֣יםyoshevim[were] sittingH3427אִתּ֑וֹʾitowith himH854וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvaiyishlachand he sentH7971אִ֜ישׁʾisha manH376מִלְּפָנָ֗יוmilefanavfrom to before himH6440בְּטֶ֣רֶםbeterem<in> beforeH2962יָבֹא֩yavo'he cameH935הַמַּלְאָ֨ךְhamalakhthe messengerH4397אֵלָ֜יוʾelavto himH413וְה֣וּא׀vehu'and heH1931אָמַ֣רʾamarhe saidH559אֶל־ʾel-toH413הַזְּקֵנִ֗יםhazekenimthe eldersH2205הַרְּאִיתֶם֙hareitem¿ do you seeH7200כִּֽי־ki-thatH3588שָׁלַ֞חshalachhe has sentH7971בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121הַֽמְרַצֵּ֤חַhamratzeachthe murdererH7523הַזֶּה֙hazeh<the> thisH2088לְהָסִ֣ירlehasirto removeH5493אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853רֹאשִׁ֔יroshihead myH7218רְא֣וּ׀reulookH7200כְּבֹ֣אkevo'when comesH935הַמַּלְאָ֗ךְhamalakhthe messengerH4397סִגְר֤וּsigrushutH5462הַדֶּ֙לֶת֙hadeletthe doorH1817וּלְחַצְתֶּ֤םulechatztemand you will pushH3905אֹתוֹ֙ʾoto<obj.> himH853בַּדֶּ֔לֶתbadeletwith the doorH1817הֲל֗וֹאhalo'¿ notH3808ק֛וֹלkol[is] [the] sound ofH6963רַגְלֵ֥יraglei[the] feet ofH7272אֲדֹנָ֖יוʾadonavmaster<s> hisH113אַחֲרָֽיו׃ʾacharavafter himH310
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