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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whyמַדּוּעַare youאַתְּgoingהֹלֶכֶתto himאֵלָיוtoday?הַיּוֹםIt is notלֹאa new moonחֹדֶשׁorוְלֹאa Sabbath.”שַׁבָּתShe said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Peace.”שָׁלוֹם
2 Kings 4:23
Study it in the app“He said, “Why are you going to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath.” She said, “Peace.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:23, 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- “Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- goingהֹלֶכֶתholechet
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holechet” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- a new moonחֹדֶשׁchodesh
new moon
When the moon reappears and the month begins, with its feast.
Where else “chodesh” appears- a Sabbathשַׁבָּתshabat
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabat” appears- “Peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears
Translation note
“Peace”: in Hebrew “shalom,” which here amounts to “all is well” or “don’t worry.” The husband’s question implies that people used to go to the prophet on the new moon and the Sabbath.
The context
22She called to her husband and said, “Send me, please, one of the young men and one of the donkeys, so that I may run to the man of Elohim and come back.”
23 · This verse (above)
24She saddled the donkey and said to her young man, “Drive and go; do not hold back the riding for me unless I tell you.”