Study it in the app“Are 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.”
Are notהֲלֹאAmanaאֲמָנָהand Pharpar,וּפַרְפַּרthe riversנַהֲרוֹתof Damascus,דַּמֶּשֶׂקbetterטוֹבthan allמִכֹּלthe watersמֵימֵיof Israel?יִשְׂרָאֵלCould I notהֲלֹאwashאֶרְחַץin themבָּהֶםand be clean?”וְטָהָרְתִּיHe turnedוַיִּפֶןand went awayוַיֵּלֶךְin a rage.בְּחֵמָה
Amana
Amana. The name of a river of the region of Damascus, in Aram (and also of a mountain in that area, Song of Songs 4:8). In 2 Kings 5:12 the Hebrew text has two forms of the name: what is written says "Abana" and what is read says "Amana."
Where else “amana” appearsPharpar
Pharpar. The name of one of the two rivers of Damascus that Naaman mentions (2 Kings 5:12), together with the Amana. The lexicon gives "swift" as the sense of the name.
Where else “farpar” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “naharot” appearsDamascus
See it on the mapWhere else “damesek” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “meme” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearswash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “erchats” appearsbe clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “taharti” appearsturn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifen” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsfury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears“Amana”: this is the form the Hebrew tradition says to read; the written letters say “Abana.” Both are names of the same river of Damascus.
Damascus
Today: Damascus, capital of Syria
A city in southern Syria, about 135 miles (220 km) northeast of Jerusalem; today it is the capital of Syria.
David put it under his control (2 Sam 8:6). On the road to Damascus, Jesus appeared to Saul, who was going to persecute believers (Acts 9:3-5).
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.’
12 · This verse (above)
13His servants came near and spoke to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he has said to you, ‘Wash and be clean’!”
