Let us make,נַעֲשֶׂהplease,נָּאa smallקְטַנָּהwalledקִירupper roomעֲלִיַּתand putוְנָשִׂיםthereשָׁםfor himלוֹa bed,מִטָּהa table,וְשֻׁלְחָןa chair,וְכִסֵּאand a lampstand;וּמְנוֹרָהand it will be,וְהָיָהwhen he comesבְּבֹאוֹto us,אֵלֵינוּhe can turn asideיָסוּרthere.”שָׁמָּה
2 Kings 4:10
Study it in the app“Let us make, please, a small walled upper room and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lampstand; and it will be, when he comes to us, he can turn aside there.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:10, word by word
- Let us makeנַעֲשֶׂהnaase
make
To build or create something.
Where else “naase” appears- a smallקְטַנָּהketana
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “ketana” appears- walledקִירkir
wall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appears- upper roomעֲלִיַּתaliyat
upper room
A room built on the roof.
Where else “aliyat” appears- and putנָשִׂיםnasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “nasim” appears- a bedמִטָּהmita
bed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mita” appears- a tableשֻׁלְחָןshulchan
table
A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.
Where else “shulchan” appears- a chairכִסֵּאchise
seat
An ordinary seat where someone sits, not a king's.
Where else “chise” appears- and a lampstandמְנוֹרָהmenora
lampstand
Lampstand: a stand with branches for the lamps; in Hebrew, "menorah".
Where else “menora” appears- and it will beהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- when he comesבֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- he can turn asideיָסוּרyasur
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “yasur” appears
Translation note
“Walled upper room”: literally “upper room of wall.” It can be understood as a room on the roof, with solid walls.
The context
9She said to her husband, “Look, please, I know that he is a holy man of Elohim who passes by us continually.
10 · This verse (above)
11And it happened one day that he came there and turned aside to the upper room and lay down there.