Study it in the app“He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “And now, when this letter comes to you, look, I have sent to you Naaman my servant, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.””
He broughtוַיָּבֵאthe letterהַסֵּפֶרtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“And now,וְעַתָּהwhenכְּthisהַזֶּהletterהַסֵּפֶרcomesבוֹאto you,אֵלֶיךָlook,הִנֵּהI have sentשָׁלַחְתִּיto youאֵלֶיךָNaamanנַעֲמָןmy servant,עַבְדִּיso that you may cureוַאֲסַפְתּhimוֹof his leprosy.”מִצָּרַעְתּוֹ
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appearsletter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefer” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” 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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalachti” appearsNaaman
Naaman, the name of a descendant of Benjamin and of the Syrian army commander healed by Elisha.
Where else “naaman” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avdi” appearswithdraw
To withdraw what was there before, such as peace or joy.
Where else “asaft” appearsleprosy (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” appears5The king of Aram said, “Go, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” He went and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothes.
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7And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I Elohim, to put to death and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only know, please, and see that he is seeking a quarrel with me.”
