Study it in the app“Elijah said to him, “Stay here, please, for YHWH has sent me to the Jordan.” He said, “As YHWH lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.”
Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Stayשֵׁבhere,פֹהplease,נָאforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas sent meשְׁלָחַנִיto the Jordan.”הַיַּרְדֵּנָהHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“As YHWH livesחַי יְהוָהand as your soul lives,וְחֵי נַפְשְׁךָI will notאִםleave you.”אֶעֶזְבֶךָּSo the two of themשְׁנֵיהֶםwent on.וַיֵּלְכוּ
Elijah
Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “eliyahu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “shev” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelaach” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yardena” appearsas lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appearsleave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “eezve” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearsJordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
5The sons of the prophets who were in Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today YHWH is taking your master from over your head?” He said, “I too know it; be silent.”
6 · This verse (above)
7Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.
