Study it in the app“The king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to be over the gate; and the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, as the man of Elohim had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.”
The kingוְהַמֶּלֶךְhad appointedהִפְקִידthe captainהַשָּׁלִישׁon whose handאֲשֶׁר עַל יָדוֹhe leanedנִשְׁעָןto be overעַלthe gate;הַשַּׁעַרand the peopleהָעָםtrampled himוַיִּרְמְסֻהוּin the gate,בַּשַּׁעַרand he died,וַיָּמֹתasכַּאֲשֶׁרthe manאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhad said,דִּבֶּרwhoאֲשֶׁרspokeדִּבֶּרwhen the kingבְּ הַמֶּלֶךְcame downרֶדֶתto him.אֵלָיו
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsappoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “hifkid” appearsofficer
A high army commander.
Where else “shalish” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearslean
To rest one's weight upon something that holds one up.
Where else “nishan” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearstrample
Tread, trample with the feet: the potter's clay, grapes, or a person or thing crushed under those passing by. In 2 Kings 7:17, 20 the people, rushing out through the gate, trample the officer and he dies.
Where else “yirmsu” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamot” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redet” appears16The people went out and plundered the camp of Aram. And a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of YHWH.
17 · This verse (above)
18It happened as the man of Elohim had spoken to the king, saying, “Two seahs of barley for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, will be sold about this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria.”
