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Fiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁיםmenאִישׁofמִthe sonsבְּנֵיof the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִיםwentהָלְכוּand stoodוַיַּעַמְדוּopposite themמִנֶּגֶדat a distance,מֵרָחוֹקwhile the two of themוּשְׁנֵיהֶםstoodעָמְדוּbyעַלthe Jordan.הַיַּרְדֵּן
2 Kings 2:7
Study it in the app“Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 2:7, word by word
- Fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of the prophetsנְּבִיאִיםneviim
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appears- wentהָלְכוּhalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appears- and stoodיַּעַמְדוּyaamdu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamdu” appears- opposite themנֶּגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- at a distanceרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- while the two of themשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
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Places in this verse
Jordan
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).
The context
6Elijah 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water, and it was divided to one side and to the other, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.