Study it in the app“A woman, one of the wives of the sons of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared YHWH; and the creditor has come to take my two children for himself as slaves.””
A woman,וְאִשָּׁהoneאַחַתof the wivesמִנְּשֵׁיof the sonsבְנֵיof the prophets,הַנְּבִיאִיםcried outצָעֲקָהtoאֶלElisha,אֱלִישָׁעsaying,לֵאמֹר“Your servant,עַבְדְּךָmy husband,אִישִׁיis dead,מֵתand youוְאַתָּהknowיָדַעְתָּthatכִּיyour servantעַבְדְּךָfearedהָיָה יָרֵאYHWH;יְהוָהand the creditorוְהַנֹּשֶׁהhas comeבָּאto takeלָקַחַתmy twoשְׁנֵיchildrenיְלָדַיfor himselfלוֹas slaves.”לַעֲבָדִים
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appearscry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “tsaaka” 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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avd” appearshusband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ishi” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appearsacknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadata” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsrevere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yare” 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” appearslend; creditor
Lend; one who lends and presses for payment, a creditor.
Where else “noshe” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kachat” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yelada” appearsThe law allowed someone who could not pay to serve the creditor until the debt was settled, with limits (Leviticus 25:39-41; Nehemiah 5:5).
1 · This verse (above)
2Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”
