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She saddledוַתַּחֲבֹשׁthe donkeyהָאָתוֹןand saidוַתֹּאמֶרtoאֶלher young man,נַעֲרָהּ“Driveנְהַגand go;וָלֵךְdo notאַלhold backתַּעֲצָרthe ridingלִרְכֹּבfor meלִיunlessכִּי אִםI tellאָמַרְתִּיyou.”לָךְ
2 Kings 4:24
Study it in the app“She saddled the donkey and said to her young man, “Drive and go; do not hold back the riding for me unless I tell you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:24, word by word
- She saddledתַּחֲבֹשׁtachavosh
saddle
To fasten something firmly, or saddle an animal to ride it.
Where else “tachavosh” appears- the donkeyאָתוֹןaton
female donkey
Female donkey.
Where else “aton” appears- and saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- her young manנַעֲרָnaara
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naara” appears- “Driveנְהַגnehag
drive, lead
Drive, lead along (livestock, people); carry off.
Where else “nehag” appears- and goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- hold backתַּעֲצָרtaatsar
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “taatsar” appears- the ridingרְכֹּבrekov
ride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “rekov” appears
The context
23He said, “Why are you going to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath.” She said, “Peace.”
24 · This verse (above)
25She went and came to the man of Elohim at Mount Carmel. And it happened, when the man of Elohim saw her from a distance, that he said to Gehazi, his young man, “Look, that Shunammite.