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She saidוַתֹּאמֶרtoאֶלher mistress,גְּבִרְתָּהּ“If onlyאַחֲלֵיmy masterאֲדֹנִיwere beforeלִפְנֵיthe prophetהַנָּבִיאwho isאֲשֶׁרin Samaria!בְּשֹׁמְרוֹןThenאָזhe would cureיֶאֱסֹףhimאֹתוֹof his leprosy.”מִצָּרַעְתּוֹ
2 Kings 5:3
Study it in the app“She said to her mistress, “If only my master were before the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 5:3, word by word
- She saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- her mistressגְּבִרְתָּgevirta
mistress
Mistress: the lady who owns a female slave; also a queen.
Where else “gevirta” appears- “If onlyאַחֲלֵיachale
if only
An exclamation of desire: "if only!", "how I wish that…!" It expresses something the person strongly wishes that has not yet happened. In 2 Kings 5:3 the captive girl says it.
Where else “achale” appears- my masterאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- were beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- he would cureיֶאֱסֹףyeesof
withdraw
To withdraw what was there before, such as peace or joy.
Where else “yeesof” appears- of his leprosyצָּרַעְתּtsarat
leprosy (tsaraat)
Tsaraat, translated "leprosy": a skin disease that made a person unclean; the same word is used for marks on clothing and on houses (Leviticus 13-14). It covers more than the disease that bears that name today.
Where else “tsarat” appears
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
2Aram had gone out in raiding bands and had taken captive from the land of Israel a young girl, and she was before Naaman’s wife.
3 · This verse (above)
4He went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.”