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They returnedוַיָּשֻׁבוּto himאֵלָיוwhile heוְהוּאwas stayingיֹשֵׁבin Jericho,בִּירִיחוֹand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Did I notהֲלוֹאsayאָמַרְתִּיto you,אֲלֵיכֶם‘Do notאַלgo’?”תֵּלֵכוּ
2 Kings 2:18
Study it in the app“They returned to him while he was staying in Jericho, and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 2:18, word by word
- They returnedיָּשֻׁבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- was stayingיֹשֵׁבyoshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- in Jerichoירִיחוֹyricho
Jericho
See it on the mapWhere else “yricho” 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- go’תֵּלֵכוּtelechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telechu” appears
Places in this verse
Jericho
Today: Jericho (Ariha), West Bank
A city in the Jordan valley, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Jerusalem and not far from the river.
It was the first city Israel took in Canaan; its walls fell (Josh 6:20). Centuries later Jesus passed through Jericho and saved Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).
The context
17But 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.
18 · This verse (above)
19The men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, please, the site of the city is good, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land causes miscarriage.”