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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thusכֹּהmay Elohimאֱלֹהִיםdoיַעֲשֶׂהto me,לִּיand thusוְכֹהmay he add,יוֹסִףifאִםthe headרֹאשׁof Elishaאֱלִישָׁעsonבֶּןof Shaphatשָׁפָטstaysיַעֲמֹדon himעָלָיוtoday!”הַיּוֹם
2 Kings 6:31
Study it in the app“He said, “Thus may Elohim do to me, and thus may he add, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on him today!””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 6:31, 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- may Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- may he addיוֹסִףyosif
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosif” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- of Elishaאֱלִישָׁעelisha
Elisha
Elisha: a name meaning "El is salvation." He is the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, whom Elijah called to be prophet in his place (1 Kings 19:16-21; 2 Kings 2–13).
Where else “elisha” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Shaphatשָׁפָטshafat
Shaphat
Shaphat, a scout from the tribe of Simeon; other men bear the same name. It means "judge."
Where else “shafat” appears- staysיַעֲמֹדyaamod
endure
To hold firm, without falling or coming to an end.
Where else “yaamod” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
30And 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.
31 · This verse (above)
32Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And he sent a man from before him; before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold him back with the door. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”