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And it happened,וַיְהִיas the kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwas passing byעֹבֵרonעַלthe wall,הַחֹמָהthat a womanוְאִשָּׁהcried outצָעֲקָהto him,אֵלָיוsaying,לֵאמֹר“Save me,הוֹשִׁיעָהmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe king!”הַמֶּלֶךְ
2 Kings 6:26
Study it in the app“And it happened, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, that a woman cried out to him, saying, “Save me, my lord the king!””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 6:26, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- as the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of 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- was passing byעֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- the wallחֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- that a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- cried outצָעֲקָהtsaaka
cry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “tsaaka” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Save meהוֹשִׁיעָhoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshia” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears
The context
25There was a great famine in Samaria, and there they were, besieging it, until a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.
26 · This verse (above)
27He said, “If YHWH does not save you, from where shall I save you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?”