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And so it happenedוַיְהִי כֵּןto him:לוֹthe peopleהָעָםtrampledוַיִּרְמְסוּhimאֹתוֹin the gate,בַּשַּׁעַרand he died.וַיָּמֹת
2 Kings 7:20
Study it in the app“And so it happened to him: the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 7:20, word by word
- And so it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- trampledיִּרְמְסוּyirmsu
trample
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” appears- in the gateשַּׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- and he diedיָּמֹתyamot
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamot” appears
The context
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.”
20 · This verse (above)