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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Go,לְכִיaskשַׁאֲלִיfor yourselfלָךְvesselsכֵּלִיםfromמִןoutside,הַחוּץfromמֵאֵתallכָּלyour neighbors,שְׁכֵנָיִךְemptyרֵקִיםvessels;כֵּלִיםdo notאַלget just a few.תַּמְעִיטִי
2 Kings 4:3
Study it in the app“He said, “Go, ask for yourself vessels from outside, from all your neighbors, empty vessels; do not get just a few.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:3, 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- “Goלְכִיlechi
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechi” appears- askשַׁאֲלִיshaali
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shaali” appears- vesselsכֵּלִיםkelim
vessel
Any container for keeping or carrying liquids and food.
Where else “kelim” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- your neighborsשְׁכֵנָיִshechenayi
neighbor, resident
Neighbor (man or woman); also a temporary resident.
Where else “shechenayi” appears- emptyרֵקִיםrekim
empty
Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.
Where else “rekim” appears- get just a fewתַּמְעִיטִיtamiti
be few, too small
Be few, be too small for something; make few, reduce.
Where else “tamiti” appears
The context
2Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”
3 · This verse (above)
4Then go in and shut the door behind you and behind your sons, and pour into all these vessels, and set aside each one that is full.”