Study it in the app“Elijah 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.”
Elijahאֵלִיָּהוּtookוַיִּקַּחhis cloak,אַדַּרְתּוֹrolled it up,וַיִּגְלֹםand struckוַיַּכֶּהthe water,הַמַּיִםand it was dividedוַיֵּחָצוּto one sideהֵנָּהand to the other,וָהֵנָּהand the two of themוַ שְׁנֵיהֶםcrossed overיַּעַבְרוּon dry ground.בֶּחָרָבָה
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” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearscloak
The large outer garment, sometimes of hair, like the prophets' cloak.
Where else “adart” appearsroll up, fold
Roll up, fold something over on itself (like a cloak). It occurs only in 2 Kings 2:8.
Where else “yiglom” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “yake” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsdivide
To split into parts, share out.
Where else “yechatsu” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appearsdry ground
Dry land, solid ground.
Where else “charava” appears7Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.
8 · This verse (above)
9And it happened, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I should do for you before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please, let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.”
