Study it in the app“He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Let me kiss, please, my father and my mother, and I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go, go back, for what have I done to you?””
Elijah throws his cloak over Elisha, who leaves the oxen and follows himFollowing Jesus
He leftוַיַּעֲזֹבthe oxenהַבָּקָרand ranוַיָּרָץafterאַחֲרֵיElijahאֵלִיָּהוּand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Let me kiss,אֶשְּׁקָהplease,נָּאmy fatherלְאָבִיand my mother,וּלְאִמִּיand I will followוְאֵלְכָהyou.”אַחֲרֶיךָAnd he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Go,לֵךְgo back,שׁוּבforכִּיwhatמֶהhave I doneעָשִׂיתִיto you?”לָךְ
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “yaazov” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appearsrun
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “yarats” appearsElijah
Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “eliyahu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearskiss
To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.
Where else “eshka” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appearsgo along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “elcha” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appears19He went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing, twelve yoke of oxen were before him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed over to him and threw his cloak on him.
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21He turned back from following him, and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed it; and with the equipment of the oxen he boiled the meat, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he got up and went after Elijah and ministered to him.
