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The motherאֵםof the boyהַנַּעַרsaid,וַתֹּאמֶר“As YHWH livesחַי יְהוָהand as your soul lives,וְחֵי נַפְשְׁךָI will notאִםleave you.”אֶעֶזְבֶךָּSo he got upוַיָּקָםand wentוַיֵּלֶךְafter her.אַחֲרֶיהָ
2 Kings 4:30
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:30, word by word
- The motherאֵםem
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “em” appears- of the boyנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “As YHWH livesחַיchay
as lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appears- “As YHWH livesיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and as your soul livesנַפְשְׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears- leave youאֶעֶזְבֶeezve
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “eezve” appears- So he got upיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- and wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “yelech” appears
The context
29He 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.”
30 · This verse (above)
31Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the face of the boy, but there was no sound and no response. He went back to meet him and told him, saying, “The boy has not awakened.”