2 Kings 4:10

“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.””

2 Kings 4:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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walledקִירkir

wall

The wall of a house or a city.

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upper roomעֲלִיַּתaliyat

upper room

A room built on the roof.

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and putנָשִׂיםnasim

put

To put something somewhere.

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a bedמִטָּהmita

bed

Bed; a couch.

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a tableשֻׁלְחָןshulchan

table

A piece of furniture on which food is set, or what is offered to God.

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a chairכִסֵּאchise

seat

An ordinary seat where someone sits, not a king's.

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and a lampstandמְנוֹרָהmenora

lampstand

Lampstand: a stand with branches for the lamps; in Hebrew, "menorah".

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and it will beהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

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when he comesבֹאvo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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he can turn asideיָסוּרyasur

turn aside

To leave the road, go away.

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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.

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