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But they urgedוַיִּפְצְרוּhimבוֹuntilעַדhe was ashamed,בֹּשׁand he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Send them.”שְׁלָחוּSo they sentוַיִּשְׁלְחוּfiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםmen,אִישׁand they searchedוַיְבַקְשׁוּthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהdaysיָמִיםbut did notוְלֹאfind him.מְצָאֻהוּ
2 Kings 2:17
Study it in the app“But they urged him until he was ashamed, and he said, “Send them.” So they sent fifty men, and they searched three days but did not find him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 2:17, word by word
- But they urgedיִּפְצְרוּyiftsru
urge
To beg someone very strongly.
Where else “yiftsru” appears- he was ashamedבֹּשׁbosh
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “bosh” 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- “Send themשְׁלָחוּshelachu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelachu” appears- fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- and they searchedיְבַקְשׁוּyevakshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “yevakshu” appears- threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- find himמְצָאֻmetsau
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metsau” appears
The context
16They said to him, “Look, please, there are with your servants fifty men, valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master, in case the spirit of YHWH has lifted him up and thrown him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” He said, “Do not send them.”
17 · This verse (above)
18They returned to him while he was staying in Jericho, and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”