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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלGehazi,גֵּחֲזִיhis young man,נַעֲרוֹ“CallקְרָאthisהַזֹּאתShunammite.”לַשּׁוּנַמִּיתHe calledוַיִּקְרָאher,לָהּand she stoodוַתַּעֲמֹדbefore him.לְפָנָיו
2 Kings 4:12
Study it in the app“He said to Gehazi, his young man, “Call this Shunammite.” He called her, and she stood before him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:12, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Gehaziגֵּחֲזִיgechazi
Gehazi
Gehazi. A personal name which, according to the lexicon, means "valley of vision." He is the young man who served Elisha (2 Kings 4–5; 8:4-5).
Where else “gechazi” appears- his young manנַעֲרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears- “Callקְרָאkera
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kera” appears- Shunammiteשּׁוּנַמִּיתshunamit
Shunammite
Shunammite: a woman from Shunem, a town of the tribe of Issachar, in the north of Israel. Abishag is called this, and so is the woman who gave lodging to the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4).
Where else “shunamit” appears- and she stoodתַּעֲמֹדtaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “taamod” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears
The context
11And it happened one day that he came there and turned aside to the upper room and lay down there.
12 · This verse (above)
13He said to him, “Say, please, to her, ‘Look, you have taken trouble for us with all this trouble. What is to be done for you? Is there a matter to speak for you to the king or to the commander of the army?’” She said, “I live among my own people.”