Againוַיָּשָׁבhe sentוַיִּשְׁלַחto himאֵלָיוanotherאַחֵרcommanderשַׂרof fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםwith his fifty.וַחֲמִשָּׁיוHe answeredוַיַּעַןand spokeוַיְדַבֵּרto him,אֵלָיו“Manאִישׁof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרthe king:הַמֶּלֶךְ‘Come downרֵדָהquickly.’”מְהֵרָה
2 Kings 1:11
Study it in the app“Again he sent to him another commander of fifty with his fifty. He answered and spoke to him, “Man of Elohim, thus says the king: ‘Come down quickly.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 1:11, word by word
- Againיָּשָׁבyashav
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “yashav” appears- he sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- anotherאַחֵרacher
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acher” appears- commanderשַׂרsar
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appears- of fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- He answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- “Manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- ‘Come downרֵדָreda
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “reda” appears- quickly.’מְהֵרָהmehera
haste, quickly
Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."
Where else “mehera” appears
The context
10Elijah answered and spoke to the commander of the fifty, “And if I am a man of Elohim, let fire come down from the heavens and consume you and your fifty.” And fire came down from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty.
11 · This verse (above)
12Elijah answered and spoke to them, “If I am a man of Elohim, let fire come down from the heavens and consume you and your fifty.” And the fire of Elohim came down from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty.