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The childהַיָּלֶדgrew,וַיִּגְדַּלand it happenedוַיְהִיone dayהַיּוֹםthat he went outוַיֵּצֵאtoאֶלhis father,אָבִיוtoאֶלthe reapers.הַקֹּצְרִים
2 Kings 4:18
Study it in the app“The child grew, and it happened one day that he went out to his father, to the reapers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:18, word by word
- The childיָּלֶדyaled
child
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yaled” appears- grewיִּגְדַּלyigdal
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “yigdal” appears- 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 went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- the reapersקֹּצְרִיםkotsrim
reap
To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.
Where else “kotsrim” appears
The context
17The woman conceived and bore a son at this appointed time, about this time next year, as Elisha had told her.
18 · This verse (above)
19He said to his father, “My head, my head!” He said to the young man, “Carry him to his mother.”