His attendantמְשָׁרְתוֹsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Howמָהcan I setאֶתֵּןthisזֶהbeforeלִפְנֵיa hundredמֵאָהmen?”אִישׁHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Give itתֵּןto the people,לָעָםand let them eat,וְיֹאכֵלוּforכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָה‘They will eatאָכֹלand have some left over.’”וְהוֹתֵר
2 Kings 4:43
Study it in the app“His 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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:43, word by word
- His attendantמְשָׁרְתmeshart
attend
To wait on someone closely.
Where else “meshart” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- can I setאֶתֵּןeten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “eten” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- to 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- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and have some left over.’הוֹתֵרhoter
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “hoter” appears
The context
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.”
43 · This verse (above)
44He set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of YHWH.