Study it in the app“He said, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, and let them eat and drink and go to their master.””
He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“You shall notלֹאstrike them.תַכֶּהWould youהַ אַתָּהstrikeמַכֶּהthose whomאֲשֶׁרyou have taken captiveשָׁבִיתָwith your swordבְּחַרְבְּךָand with your bow?וּבְקַשְׁתְּךָSetשִׂיםbreadלֶחֶםand waterוָמַיִםbefore them,לִפְנֵיהֶםand let them eatוְיֹאכְלוּand drinkוְיִשְׁתּוּand goוְיֵלְכוּtoאֶלtheir master.”אֲדֹנֵיהֶם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “take” appearstake captive
Take captive, carry off as prisoners in war.
Where else “shavita” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charb” appearsbow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “kasht” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sim” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “yishtu” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appears21The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “Shall I strike them? Shall I strike them, my father?”
22 · This verse (above)
23He prepared for them a great feast, and they ate and drank, and he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Aram did not come again into the land of Israel.
