Oneאַחַדofמֵhis servantsעֲבָדָיוsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“No,לוֹאmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְbutכִּיElisha,אֱלִישָׁעthe prophetהַנָּבִיאwho isאֲשֶׁרin Israel,בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלtellsיַגִּידthe kingלְמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלthe wordsהַדְּבָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyou speakתְּדַבֵּרin the roomבַּחֲדַרwhere you sleep.”מִשְׁכָּבֶךָ
2 Kings 6:12
Study it in the app“One of his servants said, “No, my lord the king, but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in the room where you sleep.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 6:12, word by word
- Oneאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Elishaאֱלִישָׁעelisha
Elisha
Elisha: a name meaning "El is salvation." He is the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, whom Elijah called to be prophet in his place (1 Kings 19:16-21; 2 Kings 2–13).
Where else “elisha” appears- the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” 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- tellsיַגִּידyagid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagid” appears- the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- you speakתְּדַבֵּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- in the roomחֲדַרchadar
inner room
Inner room, private chamber.
Where else “chadar” appears- where you sleepמִשְׁכָּבֶmishkave
bed
The place in the house for sleeping and resting.
Where else “mishkave” appears
The context
11The heart of the king of Aram was stormy over this matter, and he called to his servants and said to them, “Will you not tell me who of those of ours is for the king of Israel?”
12 · This verse (above)
13He said, “Go and see where he is, so that I may send and take him.” It was told him, saying, “Look, he is in Dothan.”