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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“If YHWHיְהוָהdoes notאַלsave you,יוֹשִׁעֵךְfrom whereמֵאַיִןshall I save you?אוֹשִׁיעֵךְFromהֲמִןthe threshing floorהַגֹּרֶןorאוֹfromמִןthe winepress?”הַיָּקֶב
2 Kings 6:27
Study it in the app“He said, “If YHWH does not save you, from where shall I save you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 6:27, 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- “If YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- save youיוֹשִׁעֵyoshie
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “yoshie” appears- from whereאַיִןayin
where from?
Where from? From what place?
Where else “ayin” appears- the threshing floorגֹּרֶןgoren
threshing floor
Threshing floor: flat ground where grain is threshed; also any open, level place.
Where else “goren” appears- the winepressיָּקֶבyakev
winepress
Winepress: the place where grapes are trodden and the juice is collected.
Where else “yakev” appears
Translation note
The beginning can be read two ways in Hebrew: “If YHWH does not save you…” or “No! Let YHWH save you!” In both the king says that he has nothing with which to help her: neither grain on the threshing floor nor wine in the winepress.
The context
26And 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!”
27 · This verse (above)
28The king said to her, “What is the matter with you?” She said, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, and let us eat him today, and my son we will eat tomorrow.’