He returnedוַיָּשָׁבtoאֶלthe manאִישׁof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםheהוּאand allוְכָלhis company,מַחֲנֵהוּand cameוַיָּבֹאand stoodוַיַּעֲמֹדbefore himלְפָנָיוand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנֵּהplease,נָאI knowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיthere is noאֵיןElohimאֱלֹהִיםin allבְּכָלthe earthהָאָרֶץexceptכִּי אִםin Israel.בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלNowוְעַתָּהpleaseנָאtakeקַחa blessingבְרָכָהfromמֵאֵתyour servant.”עַבְדֶּךָ
2 Kings 5:15
Study it in the app“He returned to the man of Elohim, he and all his company, and came and stood before him and said, “Look, please, I know that there is no Elohim in all the earth except in Israel. Now please take a blessing from your servant.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 5:15, word by word
- He returnedיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- his companyמַחֲנֵmachane
army
The people encamped, a host of soldiers.
Where else “machane” appears- and cameיָּבֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- and stoodיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- I knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- takeקַחkach
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “kach” appears- a blessingבְרָכָהveracha
gift
A gift given with good wishes, as a sign of favor.
Where else “veracha” appears- your servantעַבְדֶּavde
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appears
Translation note
“A blessing”: here, a gift given with good wishes (the same word in Genesis 33:11).
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16He said, “As YHWH lives, before whom I stand, I will not take anything.” He urged him to take it, but he refused.