Study it in the app“While he was still speaking with them, there was the messenger coming down to him; and he said, “Look, this evil is from YHWH! Why should I wait for YHWH any longer?””
While he was stillעוֹדֶנּוּspeakingמְדַבֵּרwith them,עִמָּםthere wasוְהִנֵּהthe messengerהַמַּלְאָךְcoming downיֹרֵדto him;אֵלָיוand he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנֵּהthisזֹאתevilהָרָעָהis fromמֵאֵתYHWH!יְהוָהWhyמָהshould I waitאוֹחִילfor YHWHלַיהוָהany longer?”עוֹד
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaber” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malach” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yored” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsYHWH
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” appearswait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “ochil” appearsThe Hebrew says only “and he said,” without naming who speaks. Later the text tells that the king himself had come down to Elisha (7:17).
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?”
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