The captainהַשָּׁלִישׁhad answeredוַיַּעַןthe manאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Look,וְהִנֵּהeven ifYHWHיְהוָהwere makingעֹשֶׂהfloodgatesאֲרֻבּוֹתin the heavens,בַּשָּׁמַיִםcould there beהֲיִהְיֶהanything likeכַּדָּבָרthis?”הַזֶּהAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנְּךָyou will see itרֹאֶהwith your own eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָbut from thereוּמִשָּׁםyou will notלֹאeat.”תֹאכֵל
2 Kings 7:19
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 7:19, word by word
- The captainשָּׁלִישׁshalish
officer
A high army commander.
Where else “shalish” appears- had answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- were makingעֹשֶׂהose
make
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appears- floodgatesאֲרֻבּוֹתarubot
floodgate
The openings of the sky through which rain falls.
Where else “arubot” appears- in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- could there beיִהְיֶהyihye
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yihye” appears- anything likeדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- you will see itרֹאֶהroe
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appears- with your own eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- eatתֹאכֵלtochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochel” appears
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.