Study it in the app“Naaman said, “If not, please let there be given to your servant a load of earth, as much as a pair of mules can carry; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods, but to YHWH.”
Naamanנַעֲמָןsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“If not,וָלֹאpleaseנָאlet there be givenיֻתַּןto your servantלְעַבְדְּךָa loadמַשָּׂאof earth,אֲדָמָהas much as a pairצֶמֶדof mules can carry;פְּרָדִיםforכִּיyour servantעַבְדְּךָwill noלוֹאlongerעוֹדofferיַעֲשֶׂהburnt offeringעֹלָהor sacrificeוָזֶבַחto otherאֲחֵרִיםgods,לֵאלֹהִיםbutכִּי אִםto YHWH.לַיהוָה
Naaman
Naaman, the name of a descendant of Benjamin and of the Syrian army commander healed by Elisha.
Where else “naaman” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yutan” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearsburden
A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.
Where else “masa” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appearspair
Two animals harnessed together.
Where else “tsemed” appearsmule
Mule: a riding animal of princes in the time of David.
Where else “peradim” appearsprepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “yaase” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appearssacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appearsother
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “lohim” appearsYHWH
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 “yhva” appearsIt can be understood that Naaman wants to take earth from Israel to worship YHWH on it in his own country. The text tells what he asks, without saying whether his idea was right.
16He said, “As YHWH lives, before whom I stand, I will not take anything.” He urged him to take it, but he refused.
17 · This verse (above)
18In this matter may YHWH pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to bow down there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow down in the house of Rimmon, when I bow down in the house of Rimmon, may YHWH pardon your servant in this matter.”
