2 Kings 4:43

“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.’””

2 Kings 4:43 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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a hundredמֵאָהmea

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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menאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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to the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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and let them eatיֹאכֵלוּyochelu

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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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.

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and have some left over.’הוֹתֵרhoter

be left

For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.

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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.

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