She wentוַתֵּלֶךְand cameוַתָּבוֹאtoאֶלthe manאִישׁof ElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםatאֶלMountהַרCarmel.הַכַּרְמֶלAnd it happened,וַיְהִיwhenכִּthe manאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםsawרְאוֹתherאֹתָהּfrom a distance,מִנֶּגֶדthat he saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלGehazi,גֵּיחֲזִיhis young man,נַעֲרוֹ“Look,הִנֵּהthatהַלָּזShunammite.הַשּׁוּנַמִּית
2 Kings 4:25
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “har” appears- 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.
Where else “reot” appears- from a distanceנֶּגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- 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
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).
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.”