Study it in the app“A 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.””
A manוְאִישׁcameבָּאfrom Baal-shalishahמִבַּעַל שָׁלִשָׁהand broughtוַיָּבֵאthe manלְאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםbreadלֶחֶםof the firstfruits,בִּכּוּרִיםtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםloavesלֶחֶםof barley,שְׂעֹרִיםand fresh grainוְכַרְמֶלin his sack.בְּצִקְלֹנוֹHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Give itתֵּןto the people,לָעָםand let them eat.”וְיֹאכֵלוּ
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsBaal-shalishah
Baal-shalishah. A place in the hill country of Ephraim from which a man brought bread to Elisha (2 Kings 4:42). The name means "lord of Shalishah"; it is the name of a place, not of a god.
Where else “baal” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearsfirstfruits
Firstfruits: the first of the harvest to ripen, which was offered to God.
Where else “bikurim” appearstwenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appearsbarley
Barley.
Where else “seorim” appearsfresh grain
Tender ears of new grain, still green, before the full harvest.
Where else “charmel” appearssack, bag
Bag, sack. It occurs only in 2 Kings 4:42 and its exact sense is not certain.
Where else “tsiklon” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “ten” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochelu” appears41He 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.
42 · This verse (above)
43His attendant said, “How can I set this before a hundred men?” He said, “Give it to the people, and let them eat, for thus says YHWH, ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
