Study it in the app“The captain on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of Elohim and said, “Look, even if YHWH were making floodgates in the heavens, could this thing happen?” He said, “Look, you will see it with your own eyes, but from there you will not eat.””
The captainהַשָּׁלִישׁon whose handאֲשֶׁר עַל יָדוֹthe kingלַמֶּלֶךְwas leaningנִשְׁעָןansweredוַיַּעַןthe manאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Look,הִנֵּהeven ifYHWHיְהוָהwere makingעֹשֶׂהfloodgatesאֲרֻבּוֹתin the heavens,בַּשָּׁמַיִםcouldהֲthisהַזֶּהthingהַדָּבָרhappen?”יִהְיֶהHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנְּכָהyou will see itרֹאֶהwith your own eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָbut from thereוּמִשָּׁםyou will notלֹאeat.”תֹאכֵל
officer
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” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearslean
To rest one's weight upon something that holds one up.
Where else “nishan” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” 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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” 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” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “ose” appearsfloodgate
The openings of the sky through which rain falls.
Where else “arubot” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yihye” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochel” appears1Elisha said, “Hear the word of YHWH: thus says YHWH, ‘About this time tomorrow a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.’”
2 · This verse (above)
3There were four men, lepers, at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?
