Study it in the app“It 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.””
It happenedוַיְהִיasכְּthe manאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhad spokenדַבֵּרtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְsaying,לֵאמֹר“Two seahsסָאתַיִםof barleyשְׂעֹרִיםfor a shekel,בְּשֶׁקֶלand a seahוּסְאָהof fine flourסֹלֶתfor a shekel,בְּשֶׁקֶלwill be soldיִהְיֶהabout this timeכָּעֵתtomorrowמָחָרat the gateבְּשַׁעַרof Samaria.”שֹׁמְרוֹן
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” 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 “daber” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsseah
Seah: a measure for grain, about 7 liters.
Where else “satayim” appearsbarley
Barley.
Where else “seorim” appearsshekel
Shekel: a weight of about 11 grams. Since there were no coins, silver was weighed, so a shekel is also an amount of money.
Where else “shekel” appearsfine flour
Fine flour, the best kind.
Where else “solet” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appearstomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearsSamaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appearsSamaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
17The 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.
18 · This verse (above)
19The captain had answered the man of Elohim and said, “Look, even if YHWH were making floodgates in the heavens, could there be anything like this?” And he said, “Look, you will see it with your own eyes, but from there you will not eat.”
