2 Kings 7:19

“The 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.””

2 Kings 7:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Kings 7:19, word by word

The captainשָּׁלִישׁshalish

officer

A high army commander.

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had answeredיַּעַןyaan

answer

To reply to what was said.

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the manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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and saidיֹּאמַרyomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

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.

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were makingעֹשֶׂהose

make

To build or create something.

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floodgatesאֲרֻבּוֹתarubot

floodgate

The openings of the sky through which rain falls.

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in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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could there beיִהְיֶהyihye

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

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anything likeדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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you will see itרֹאֶהroe

see

To see with one's eyes.

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with your own eyesעֵינֶיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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eatתֹאכֵלtochel

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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The context

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.”

19 · This verse (above)

20And so it happened to him: the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.

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