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The messengersהַמַּלְאָכִיםreturnedוַיָּשׁוּבוּto him,אֵלָיוand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Whyמַה זֶּהhave you returned?”שַׁבְתֶּם
2 Kings 1:5
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With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 1:5, word by word
- The messengersמַּלְאָכִיםmalachim
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appears- returnedיָּשׁוּבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears
The context
4Therefore 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6They said to him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and speak to him, “Thus says YHWH, ‘Is it because there is no Elohim in Israel that you are sending to consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore from the bed to which you have gone up you will not come down, but you will surely die.’”’”