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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thenוּgetקְחוּflour.”קֶמַחHe threw itוַיַּשְׁלֵךְintoאֶלthe potהַסִּירand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Pour out someצַקfor the people,לָעָםand let them eat.”וְיֹאכֵלוּAnd there was noוְלֹא הָיָהharmfulרָעthingדָּבָרin the pot.בַּסִּיר
2 Kings 4:41
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:41, 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- getקְחוּkechu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kechu” appears- flourקֶמַחkemach
flour
Flour.
Where else “kemach” appears- He threw itיַּשְׁלֵךְyashlech
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlech” appears- the potסִּירsir
pot
A large vessel of bronze or clay in which food was cooked over the fire.
Where else “sir” appears- “Pour out someצַקtsak
pour
To pour a liquid over something or into something.
Where else “tsak” appears- for the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and let them eatיֹאכֵלוּyochelu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochelu” appears- And there was noהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- harmfulרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears
The context
40They 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.
41 · This verse (above)
42A man came from Baal-shalishah and brought the man of Elohim bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh grain in his sack. He said, “Give it to the people, and let them eat.”