Study it in the app“He 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!””
He went upוַיַּעַלfrom thereמִשָּׁםto Bethel,בֵּית אֵלand as heוְהוּאwas going upעֹלֶהon the road,בַדֶּרֶךְsmallקְטַנִּיםboysוּנְעָרִיםcame outיָצְאוּofמִןthe cityהָעִירand mockedוַיִּתְקַלְּסוּhimבוֹand saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,לוֹ“Go up,עֲלֵהbaldhead!קֵרֵחַGo up,עֲלֵהbaldhead!”קֵרֵחַ
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsBethel
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearssmall
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “ketanim” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “nearim” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsmock, scoff
Mock, scoff at someone, hold him in contempt.
Where else “yitkalsu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsbald (back of head)
Bald, without hair at the back or top of the head.
Where else “kereach” appears“Small boys”: the Hebrew word for “boy” covers anything from a child to a young man old enough to serve; the next verse calls them “children.” The text does not say their age. Bethel was the place of Jeroboam’s golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-29).
Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
22The water was healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha that he spoke.
23 · This verse (above)
24He turned behind him and saw them and cursed them in the name of YHWH. And two she-bears came out of the forest and tore apart forty two children of them.
