He went backוַיָּשָׁבand walkedוַיֵּלֶךְin the house,בַּבַּיִתonceאַחַתthis wayהֵנָּהand onceוְאַחַתthat way,הֵנָּהand went upוַיַּעַלand stretched himselfוַיִּגְהַרon him;עָלָיוand the boyהַנַּעַרsneezedוַיְזוֹרֵרup toעַדsevenשֶׁבַעtimes,פְּעָמִיםand the boyוַ הַנַּעַרopenedיִּפְקַחhis eyes.עֵינָיו
2 Kings 4:35
Study it in the app“He went back and walked in the house, once this way and once that way, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the boy sneezed up to seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:35, word by word
- He went backיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- and walkedיֵּלֶךְyelech
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “yelech” appears- in the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- onceאַחַתachat
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “achat” appears- and went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- and stretched himselfיִּגְהַרyighar
crouch, bend down
Crouch, bend down to the ground; stretch oneself over something. It is said only of Elijah on Carmel and of Elisha over the boy (1 Kings 18:42; 2 Kings 4:34-35).
Where else “yighar” appears- and the boyנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- sneezedיְזוֹרֵרyezorer
sneeze
Sneeze. It occurs only in 2 Kings 4:35.
Where else “yezorer” appears- sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appears- openedיִּפְקַחyifkach
open (the eyes)
Open (the eyes or the ears); from there, become aware.
Where else “yifkach” appears- his eyesעֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears
The context
34He went up and lay on the child and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands; and he stretched himself on him, and the flesh of the child became warm.
35 · This verse (above)
36He called to Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” He called her, and she came to him, and he said, “Pick up your son.”