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He picked upוַיָּרֶםthe cloakאַדֶּרֶתof Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּthatאֲשֶׁרhad fallenנָפְלָהfromמֵhim,עָלָיוand went backוַיָּשָׁבand stoodוַיַּעֲמֹדonעַלthe bankשְׂפַתof the Jordan.הַיַּרְדֵּן
2 Kings 2:13
Study it in the app“He picked up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 2:13, word by word
- He picked upיָּרֶםyarem
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “yarem” appears- the cloakאַדֶּרֶתaderet
cloak
The large outer garment, sometimes of hair, like the prophets' cloak.
Where else “aderet” appears- of Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּeliyahu
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 “eliyahu” appears- had fallenנָפְלָהnafla
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafla” appears- and went backיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- and stoodיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- the bankשְׂפַתsefat
edge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appears- of the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
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Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
12Elisha was watching and he was crying out, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” And he did not see him again. Then he took hold of his clothes and tore them in two pieces.
13 · This verse (above)
14He took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water and said, “Where is YHWH, the Elohim of Elijah?” He too struck the water, and it was divided to one side and to the other, and Elisha crossed over.