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Elishaאֱלִישָׁעdied,וַיָּמָתand they buried him.וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּNow bandsוּגְדוּדֵיof Moabמוֹאָבused to comeיָבֹאוּinto the landבָאָרֶץat the comingבָּאof the year.שָׁנָה
2 Kings 13:20
Study it in the app“Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moab used to come into the land at the coming of the year.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 13:20, word by word
- Elishaאֱלִישָׁעelisha
Elisha
Elisha: a name meaning "El is salvation." He is the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, whom Elijah called to be prophet in his place (1 Kings 19:16-21; 2 Kings 2–13).
Where else “elisha” appears- diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- and they buried himיִּקְבְּרֻyikbru
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikbru” appears- Now bandsגְדוּדֵיgedude
band, raiders
Band of raiders, troop that attacks by surprise.
Where else “gedude” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- used to comeיָבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears- into the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- of the yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
Translation note
“At the coming of the year”: a brief and unclear expression in Hebrew; it can be understood of the time of year when such raids were usually made.
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
19The man of Elohim was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times! Then you would have struck Aram until you had finished it; but now three times you will strike Aram.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And it happened, as they were burying a man, that, look, they saw the band; and they threw the man into the tomb of Elisha. And the man went down and touched the bones of Elisha, and he came to life and stood up on his feet.