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And it happenedוַיְהִיone dayהַיּוֹםthat he cameוַיָּבֹאthereשָׁמָּהand turned asideוַיָּסַרtoאֶלthe upper roomהָעֲלִיָּהand lay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבthere.שָׁמָּה
2 Kings 4:11
Study it in the app“And it happened one day that he came there and turned aside to the upper room and lay down there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:11, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- one dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that he cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and turned asideיָּסַרyasar
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “yasar” appears- the upper roomעֲלִיָּהaliya
upper room
A room built on the roof.
Where else “aliya” appears- and lay downיִּשְׁכַּבyishkav
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkav” appears
The context
10Let 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.”
11 · This verse (above)
12He said to Gehazi, his young man, “Call this Shunammite.” He called her, and she stood before him.