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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Goלְכוּand seeוּרְאוּwhereאֵיכֹהhe is,הוּאso that I may sendוְאֶשְׁלַחand take him.”וְאֶקָּחֵהוּIt was toldוַיֻּגַּדhim,לוֹsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהhe is in Dothan.”בְדֹתָן
2 Kings 6:13
Study it in the app“He 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 6:13, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- and seeרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- whereאֵיכֹהecho
where
A word to ask "where?" A rare form; in 2 Kings 6:13 the king of Aram orders them to find out "where" Elisha is.
Where else “echo” appears- so that I may sendאֶשְׁלַחeshlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlach” appears- and take himאֶקָּחֵekache
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekache” appears- It was toldיֻּגַּדyugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appears- he is in Dothanדֹתָןdotan
Dothan
Dothan, a place north of Shechem on the caravan route to Egypt.
Where else “dotan” appears
The context
12One 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.”
13 · This verse (above)
14He sent there horses and chariots and a heavy force, and they came by night and surrounded the city.