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She saidוַתֹּאמֶרtoאֶלher husband,אִישָׁהּ“Look,הִנֵּהplease,נָאI knowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיheהוּאis a holyקָדוֹשׁmanאִישׁof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםwho passes byעֹבֵרusעָלֵינוּcontinually.תָּמִיד
2 Kings 4:9
Study it in the app“She said to her husband, “Look, please, I know that he is a holy man of Elohim who passes by us continually.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 4:9, word by word
- She saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- her husbandאִישָׁisha
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “isha” appears- I knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- is a holyקָדוֹשׁkadosh
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kadosh” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- who passes byעֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- continuallyתָּמִידtamid
continually
Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.
Where else “tamid” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10Let us make, please, a small walled upper room and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lampstand; and it will be, when he comes to us, he can turn aside there.”