And it happened,וַיְהִיas theyהֵםwere buryingקֹבְרִיםa man,אִישׁthat, look,וְהִנֵּהthey sawרָאוּthe band;אֶת הַגְּדוּדand they threwוַיַּשְׁלִיכוּthe manאֶת הָאִישׁinto the tombבְּקֶבֶרof Elisha.אֱלִישָׁעAnd the manוַ הָאִישׁwent downיֵּלֶךְand touchedוַיִּגַּעthe bonesבְּעַצְמוֹתof Elisha,אֱלִישָׁעand he came to lifeוַיְחִיand stood upוַיָּקָםon his feet.עַל רַגְלָיו
2 Kings 13:21
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 13:21, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- were buryingקֹבְרִיםkovrim
bury
Bury.
Where else “kovrim” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- they sawרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- the bandגְּדוּדgedud
band, raiders
Band of raiders, troop that attacks by surprise.
Where else “gedud” appears- and they threwיַּשְׁלִיכוּyashlichu
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlichu” appears- into the tombקֶבֶרkever
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kever” appears- of 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- went downיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and touchedיִּגַּעyiga
touch
To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.
Where else “yiga” appears- the bonesעַצְמוֹתatsmot
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmot” appears- and he came to lifeיְחִיyechi
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yechi” appears- and stood upיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- on his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears
The context
20Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moab used to come into the land at the coming of the year.
21 · This verse (above)
22Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.