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ThereforeוְלָכֵןthusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָה‘From the bedהַמִּטָּה מִמֶּנָּהto whichאֲשֶׁר שָּׁםyou have gone upעָלִיתָyou will notלֹאcome down,תֵרֵדbutכִּיyou will surely die.’”מוֹת תָּמוּתAnd Elijahוַ אֵלִיָּהwent.יֵּלֶךְ
2 Kings 1:4
Study it in the app“Therefore thus says YHWH, ‘From the bed to which you have gone up you will not come down, but you will surely die.’” And Elijah went.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 1:4, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- ‘From the bedמִּטָּהmita
bed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mita” appears- you have gone upעָלִיתָalita
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alita” appears- come downתֵרֵדtered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “tered” appears- you will surely die.’מוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears- And Elijahאֵלִיָּהeliya
Elijah
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 “eliya” appears- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears
The context
3But the angel of YHWH spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no Elohim in Israel that you are going to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
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5The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why have you returned?”