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He wentוַיֵּלֶךְfrom thereמִשָּׁםtoאֶלMountהַרCarmel,הַכַּרְמֶלand from thereוּמִשָּׁםhe returnedשָׁבto Samaria.שֹׁמְרוֹן
2 Kings 2:25
Study it in the app“He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 2:25, word by word
- He wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Carmelכַּרְמֶלkarmel
Carmel
See it on the mapWhere else “karmel” appears- he returnedשָׁבshav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” appears- to Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears
Places in this verse
1Carmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
2Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
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.
25 · This verse (above)