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She cameוַתָּבֹאand toldוַתַּגֵּדthe manלְאִישׁof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםand he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Go,לְכִיsellמִכְרִיthe oilהַשֶּׁמֶןand payוְשַׁלְּמִיyour debt,נִשְׁיֵךְand youוְאַתְּand your sonsוּבָנַיִךְcan liveתִחְיִיon what is left.”בַּנּוֹתָר
2 Kings 4:7
Study it in the app“She came and told the man of Elohim, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on what is left.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:7, word by word
- She cameתָּבֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- and toldתַּגֵּדtaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “taged” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Goלְכִיlechi
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechi” appears- sellמִכְרִיmichri
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “michri” appears- the oilשֶּׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- and payשַׁלְּמִיshalmi
repay
To settle a debt, give back; keep a vow.
Where else “shalmi” appears- your debtנִשְׁיֵnishye
debt
Debt: what is owed to a creditor. It occurs only in 2 Kings 4:7.
Where else “nishye” appears- and your sonsבָנַיִvanayi
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanayi” appears- can liveתִחְיִיtichyi
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “tichyi” appears- on what is leftנּוֹתָרnotar
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notar” appears
The context
6And it happened, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” He said to her, “There is not another vessel.” And the oil stopped.
7 · This verse (above)
8And it happened one day that Elisha passed over to Shunem, and there was a prominent woman, and she urged him to eat bread. So it happened that whenever he passed by, he would turn aside there to eat bread.