2 Kings 7:9

“They said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we are keeping silent. If we wait until the light of morning, guilt will find us. Now come, let us go and tell the house of the king.””

2 Kings 7:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Kings 7:9, word by word

They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru

say

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

Where else “yomru” appears
to one anotherאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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to one anotherרֵעֵree

neighbor

The person living near, anyone one deals with.

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doingעֹשִׂיםosim

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “osim” appears
dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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of good newsבְּשֹׂרָהbesora

news, reward for news

News, especially good news; also the payment given to the one who brings it.

Where else “besora” appears
are keeping silentמַחְשִׁיםmachshim

be silent, be still

Be silent, keep still without doing anything.

Where else “machshim” appears
If we waitחִכִּינוּchikinu

wait, wait for

To wait, to wait for something to happen or for someone to act (2 Kings 7:9). In the Psalms and in Isaiah it is also used for waiting on God with trust (Isaiah 30:18).

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the lightאוֹרor

light

The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.

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of morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

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guiltעָווֹןavon

guilt

The burden of guilt that remains on the one who did wrong.

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will find usמְצָאָmetsaa

meet

To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.

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comeלְכוּlechu

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

Where else “lechu” appears
let us goנָבֹאָהnavoa

enter

To go into a place.

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and tellנַגִּידָהnagida

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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the houseבֵּיתbet

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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The context

8These lepers came to the edge of the camp and went into one tent and ate and drank, and they carried from there silver and gold and clothes, and went and hid them; and they came back and went into another tent and carried things from there and went and hid them.

9 · This verse (above)

10They came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, saying, “We came to the camp of Aram, and there was no one there, not a human sound, but only the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.”

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