He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Say,אֱמָרplease,נָאto her,אֵלֶיהָ‘Look,הִנֵּהyou have taken troubleחָרַדְתְּfor usאֵלֵינוּwith allאֶת כָּלthisהַזֹּאתtrouble.הַחֲרָדָהWhatמֶהis to be doneלַעֲשׂוֹתfor you?לָךְIs there a matterהֲיֵשׁto speakלְדַבֶּרfor youלָךְtoאֶלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְorאוֹtoאֶלthe commanderשַׂרof the army?’”הַצָּבָאShe said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Iאָנֹכִיliveיֹשָׁבֶתamongבְּתוֹךְmy own people.”עַמִּי
2 Kings 4:13
Study it in the app“He 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:13, 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- you have taken troubleחָרַדְתְּcharadt
tremble
To shudder with fear, with surprise or before God's presence.
Where else “charadt” appears- troubleחֲרָדָהcharada
toil
Great effort in serving others.
Where else “charada” appears- is to be doneעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- to speakדַבֶּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- the commanderשַׂרsar
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appears- of the army?’צָּבָאtsava
army
An army.
Where else “tsava” appears- liveיֹשָׁבֶתyoshavet
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshavet” appears- amongתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- my own peopleעַמִּami
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” appears
The context
12He said to Gehazi, his young man, “Call this Shunammite.” He called her, and she stood before him.
13 · This verse (above)
14He said, “What, then, is to be done for her?” Gehazi said, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”