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The waterהַמַּיִםwas healedוַיֵּרָפוּtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday,הַיּוֹםaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof Elishaאֱלִישָׁעthatאֲשֶׁרhe spoke.דִּבֵּר
2 Kings 2:22
Study it in the app“The water was healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha that he spoke.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 2:22, word by word
- The waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- was healedיֵּרָפוּyerafu
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “yerafu” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- according to the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” 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- he spokeדִּבֵּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears
The context
21He went out to the spring of the water and threw salt into it and said, “Thus says YHWH, ‘I have healed this water; from there there will no longer be death or miscarriage.’”
22 · This verse (above)
23He went up from there to Bethel, and as he was going up on the road, small boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, baldhead! Go up, baldhead!”