Study it in the app“And 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.””
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen they had crossed over,כְעָבְרָםthat ElijahוְאֵלִיָּהוּsaidאָמַרtoאֶלElisha,אֱלִישָׁע“AskשְׁאַלwhatמָהI should doאֶעֱשֶׂהfor youלָּךְbeforeבְּטֶרֶםI am takenאֶלָּקַחfromמֵyou.”עִמָּךְElishaאֱלִישָׁעsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Please,נָאlet there beוִיהִיa double portionפִּי שְׁנַיִםof your spiritבְּרוּחֲךָon me.”אֵלָי
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avra” appearsElijah
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 “amar” appearsElisha
Elisha: a name meaning "El is salvation." He is the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, whom Elijah called to be prophet in his place (1 Kings 19:16-21; 2 Kings 2–13).
Where else “elisha” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “sheal” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appearsnot yet, before
Not yet; before.
Where else “terem” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “elakach” appearsaccording to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenayim” appearsspirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears“Double portion”: literally “mouth of two”; the same expression designates in Deuteronomy 21:17 the share of the firstborn son in the inheritance. It can be understood that Elisha asks to be Elijah’s heir as a prophet, not to have twice as much as he has.
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10He said, “You have asked a hard thing. If you see me taken from you, it will be so for you; but if not, it will not be.”
