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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Do notאַלbe afraid,תִּירָאforכִּיmoreרַבִּיםare those whoאֲשֶׁרare with usאִתָּנוּthan those whoמֵאֲשֶׁרare with them.”אוֹתָם
2 Kings 6:16
Study it in the app“He said, “Do not be afraid, for more are those who are with us than those who are with them.””
Elisha calms his young man: “more are those with us”; God opens his eyesCourage
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 6:16, 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- be afraidתִּירָאtira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tira” appears- moreרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears
The context
15The attendant of the man of Elohim rose early to get up and went out, and there was a force surrounding the city, with horses and chariots. His young man said to him, “Alas, my lord! What shall we do?”
16 · This verse (above)
17Elisha prayed and said, “YHWH, please open his eyes so that he may see.” YHWH opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and there was the mountain, full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.