Study it in the app“He said to Gehazi, “Gird your waist, take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, do not bless him; and if anyone blesses you, do not answer him; and lay my staff on the face of the boy.””
He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Gehazi,לְגֵיחֲזִי“Girdחֲגֹרyour waist,מָתְנֶיךָtakeוְקַחmy staffמִשְׁעַנְתִּיin your hand,בְיָדְךָand go.וָלֵךְIfכִּיyou meetתִמְצָאanyone,אִישׁdo notלֹאbless him;תְבָרְכֶנּוּand ifוְכִיanyoneאִישׁblesses you,יְבָרֶכְךָdo notלֹאanswer him;תַעֲנֶנּוּand layוְשַׂמְתָּmy staffמִשְׁעַנְתִּיonעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the boy.”הַנָּעַר
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsGehazi
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” appearsgird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chagor” appearswaist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matne” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appearsstaff
A stick one carries in the hand to lean on while walking.
Where else “mishanti” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appearsmeet
To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.
Where else “timtsa” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsgreet
To wish someone God's good; to greet.
Where else “tevarche” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “taane” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samta” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears“Do not bless him”: Hebrew uses “bless” also for greeting (2 Kings 10:15). It can be understood that he is not to stop to greet, because the errand is urgent (compare Luke 10:4).
28She said, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
29 · This verse (above)
30The mother of the boy said, “As YHWH lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he got up and went after her.
