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Elishaאֱלִישָׁעsentוַיִּשְׁלַחto himאֵלָיוa messenger,מַלְאָךְsaying,לֵאמֹר“Goהָלוֹךְand washוְרָחַצְתָּsevenשֶׁבַעtimesפְּעָמִיםin the Jordan,בַּיַּרְדֵּןand your fleshוְ בְּשָׂרְךָwill be restoredיָשֹׁבto you,לְךָand you will be clean.”וּטְהָר
2 Kings 5:10
Study it in the app“Elisha sent to him a messenger, saying, “Go and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored to you, and you will be clean.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 5:10, word by word
- Elishaאֱלִישָׁעelisha
Elisha
Elisha: a name meaning "El is salvation." He is the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, whom Elijah called to be prophet in his place (1 Kings 19:16-21; 2 Kings 2–13).
Where else “elisha” appears- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- a messengerמַלְאָךְmalach
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malach” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Goהָלוֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- and washרָחַצְתָּrachatsta
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “rachatsta” appears- sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appears- in the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- and your fleshבְּשָׂרְbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- will be restoredיָשֹׁבyashov
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashov” appears- and you will be cleanטְהָרtehar
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “tehar” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
9Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.
10 · This verse (above)
11Naaman was angry and went away and said, “Look, I said to myself, ‘He will surely come out and stand and call on the name of YHWH his Elohim, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leprous man.’