2 Kings 4:25

“She 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.”

2 Kings 4:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Kings 4:25, word by word

She wentתֵּלֶךְtelech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “telech” appears
and cameתָּבוֹאtavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “tavo” appears
the manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohim” appears
Mountהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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Carmelכַּרְמֶלkarmel

Carmel

See it on the mapWhere else “karmel” appears
And it happenedיְהִיyehi

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “yehi” appears
sawרְאוֹתreot

see

To see with one's eyes.

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from a distanceנֶּגֶדneged

in front of

In someone's presence, before his eyes.

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that he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears
Gehaziגֵּיחֲזִיgechazi

Gehazi

Gehazi. A personal name which, according to the lexicon, means "valley of vision." He is the young man who served Elisha (2 Kings 4–5; 8:4-5).

Where else “gechazi” appears
his young manנַעֲרnaar

young servant

A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.

Where else “naar” appears
thatהַלָּזhalaz

that, yonder

That one: points to something in sight, a little way off.

Where else “halaz” appears
Shunammiteשּׁוּנַמִּיתshunamit

Shunammite

Shunammite: a woman from Shunem, a town of the tribe of Issachar, in the north of Israel. Abishag is called this, and so is the woman who gave lodging to the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4).

Where else “shunamit” appears

Places in this verse

Carmel
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Carmel

    Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel

    A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.

    Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).

    1 Kings 18:191 Kings 18:422 Kings 4:25

The context

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.”

25 · This verse (above)

26Now run, please, to meet her and say to her, ‘Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? Is all well with the child?’” She said, “Peace.”

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