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She cameוַתָּבֹאand fellוַתִּפֹּלatעַלhis feetרַגְלָיוand bowed downוַתִּשְׁתַּחוּto the ground;אָרְצָהthen she picked upוַתִּשָּׂאher sonבְּנָהּand went out.וַתֵּצֵא
2 Kings 4:37
Study it in the app“She came and fell at his feet and bowed down to the ground; then she picked up her son and went out.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:37, word by word
- She cameתָּבֹאtavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “tavo” appears- and fellתִּפֹּלtipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “tipol” appears- his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears- and bowed downתִּשְׁתַּחוּtishtachu
bow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “tishtachu” appears- to the groundאָרְצָartsa
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears- then she picked upתִּשָּׂאtisa
take
To get something; with "a wife", to marry.
Where else “tisa” appears- her sonבְּנָbena
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bena” appears- and went outתֵּצֵאtetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appears
The context
36He called to Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” He called her, and she came to him, and he said, “Pick up your son.”
37 · This verse (above)
38Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was the famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his young man, “Put on the large pot and cook stew for the sons of the prophets.”