Study it in the app“And it happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes, and he was passing by on the wall, and the people saw, and there was the sackcloth on his flesh underneath.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen the kingכִ הַמֶּלֶךְheardשְׁמֹעַthe wordsאֶת דִּבְרֵיof the woman,הָאִשָּׁהthat he toreוַיִּקְרַעhis clothes,בְּגָדָיוand heוְהוּאwas passing byעֹבֵרonעַלthe wall,הַחֹמָהand the peopleהָעָםsaw,וַיַּרְאand there wasוְהִנֵּהthe sackclothהַשַּׂקonעַלhis fleshבְּשָׂרוֹunderneath.מִבָּיִת
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearstear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “yikra” appearsgarment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begaday” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appearssackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appearsflesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appearsinside
Literally "the house": the inner part of something.
Where else “bayit” appearsSackcloth was a rough fabric worn as a sign of mourning or humiliation. “Underneath”: literally “from the house”; the king wore it under his clothing.
29So we cooked my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give your son, and let us eat him’; but she has hidden her son.”
30 · This verse (above)
31He said, “Thus may Elohim do to me, and thus may he add, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today!”
