They poured out someוַיִּצְקוּfor the menלַאֲנָשִׁיםto eat.לֶאֱכוֹלAnd it happened,וַיְהִיas they were eatingכְּאָכְלָםfromמֵthe stew,הַנָּזִידthat theyוְהֵמָּהcried outצָעָקוּand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Death isמָוֶתin the pot,בַּסִּירmanאִישׁof Elohim!”הָאֱלֹהִיםAnd they could notוְלֹא יָכְלוּeat it.לֶאֱכֹל
2 Kings 4:40
Study it in the app“They poured out some for the men to eat. And it happened, as they were eating from the stew, that they cried out and said, “Death is in the pot, man of Elohim!” And they could not eat it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:40, word by word
- They poured out someיִּצְקוּyitsku
pour
To pour a liquid over something or into something.
Where else “yitsku” appears- for the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- to eatאֱכוֹלechol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echol” appears- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the stewנָּזִידnazid
stew
Stew, cooked food, a boiled dish.
Where else “nazid” appears- cried outצָעָקוּtsaaku
cry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “tsaaku” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Death isמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- in the potסִּירsir
pot
A large vessel of bronze or clay in which food was cooked over the fire.
Where else “sir” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- And they could notיָכְלוּyachlu
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachlu” appears
The context
39One went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine and gathered from it wild gourds, his garment full, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, for they did not know what they were.
40 · This verse (above)
41He said, “Then get flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour out some for the people, and let them eat.” And there was no harmful thing in the pot.