Naamanנַעֲמָןwas angryוַיִּקְצֹףand went awayוַיֵּלַךְand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנֵּהI saidאָמַרְתִּיto myself,אֵלַי‘He will surely come outיֵצֵא יָצוֹאand standוְעָמַדand callוְקָרָאon the nameבְּשֵׁםof YHWHיְהוָהhis Elohim,אֱלֹהָיוand waveוְהֵנִיףhis handיָדוֹoverאֶלthe placeהַמָּקוֹםand cureוְאָסַףthe leprous man.’הַמְּצֹרָע
2 Kings 5:11
Study it in the app“Naaman 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.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 5:11, word by word
- Naamanנַעֲמָןnaaman
Naaman
Naaman, the name of a descendant of Benjamin and of the Syrian army commander healed by Elisha.
Where else “naaman” appears- was angryיִּקְצֹףyiktsof
be angry
Be angry, burst out in rage; provoke to anger.
Where else “yiktsof” appears- and went awayיֵּלַךְyelach
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelach” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- ‘He will surely come outיֵצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- and standעָמַדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- and callקָרָאkara
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “kara” appears- on the nameשֵׁםshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears- of 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- his Elohimאֱלֹהָיelohay
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appears- and waveהֵנִיףhenif
wield
To brandish or swing something, like a hand.
Where else “henif” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- the placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- and cureאָסַףasaf
withdraw
To withdraw what was there before, such as peace or joy.
Where else “asaf” appears- the leprous man.’מְּצֹרָעmetsora
have leprosy
Have tsaraat ("leprosy"): a skin disease that made a person unclean (Leviticus 13). It is not exactly the disease called leprosy today.
Where else “metsora” appears
The context
10Elisha 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.”
11 · This verse (above)
12Are not Amana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” He turned and went away in a rage.