Study it in the app“Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.””
Elishaאֱלִישָׁעsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto her,אֵלֶיהָ“Whatמָהshall I doאֶעֱשֶׂהfor you?לָּךְTellהַגִּידִיme,לִיwhatמַהdo you haveיֶּשׁ לָךְin the house?”בַּבָּיִתShe said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Your servantלְשִׁפְחָתְךָhas nothingאֵין כֹלin the houseבַּבַּיִתexceptכִּי אִםa jarאָסוּךְof oil.”שָׁמֶן
Elisha
Elisha: a name meaning "El is salvation." He is the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, whom Elijah called to be prophet in his place (1 Kings 19:16-21; 2 Kings 2–13).
Where else “elisha” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagidi” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearsfemale slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchat” appearsoil flask
A small flask for anointing oil. It occurs only in 2 Kings 4:2.
Where else “asuch” appearsoil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shamen” appears1A woman, one of the wives of the sons of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared YHWH; and the creditor has come to take my two children for himself as slaves.”
2 · This verse (above)
3He said, “Go, ask for yourself vessels from outside, from all your neighbors, empty vessels; do not get just a few.
