ForכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָה‘You will notלֹאseeתִרְאוּwind,רוּחַand you will notוְלֹאseeתִרְאוּrain,גֶשֶׁםyet thatוְהַ הַהוּאwadiנַּחַלwill be filledיִמָּלֵאwith water,מָיִםand you will drink,וּשְׁתִיתֶםyouאַתֶּםand your livestockוּמִקְנֵיכֶםand your animals.’וּבְהֶמְתְּכֶם
2 Kings 3:17
Study it in the app“For thus says YHWH, ‘You will not see wind, and you will not see rain, yet that wadi will be filled with water, and you will drink, you and your livestock and your animals.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:17, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- seeתִרְאוּtiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tiru” appears- windרוּחַruach
wind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appears- rainגֶשֶׁםgeshem
heavy rain
Heavy rain, downpour.
Where else “geshem” appears- wadiנַּחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- will be filledיִמָּלֵאyimale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “yimale” appears- with waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and you will drinkשְׁתִיתֶםshetitem
drink
Drink.
Where else “shetitem” appears- and your livestockמִקְנֵיmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- and your animals.’בְהֶמְתְּvehemt
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “vehemt” appears
The context
16He said, “Thus says YHWH, ‘Make this wadi full of pits upon pits.’
17 · This verse (above)
18This is a light thing in the eyes of YHWH; he will also give Moab into your hand.