His servantsעֲבָדָיוcame nearוַיִּגְּשׁוּand spokeוַיְדַבְּרוּto himאֵלָיוand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“My father,אָבִיifthe prophetהַנָּבִיאhad toldדִּבֶּרyouאֵלֶיךָto do some greatגָּדוֹלthing,דָּבָרwould you notהֲלוֹאhave done it?תַעֲשֶׂהHow much more, then,וְאַף כִּיwhen he has saidאָמַרto you,אֵלֶיךָ‘Washרְחַץand be clean’!”וּטְהָר
2 Kings 5:13
Study it in the app“His 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’!””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 5:13, word by word
- His servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- came nearיִּגְּשׁוּyigshu
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “yigshu” appears- and spokeיְדַבְּרוּyedabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “My fatherאָבִיavi
founder
One who started a trade, or someone much respected.
Where else “avi” appears- the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- to do some greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- have done itתַעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- ‘Washרְחַץrechats
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “rechats” appears- and be clean’טְהָרtehar
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “tehar” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14He went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of Elohim; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a young boy, and he was clean.