They saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto one another,אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ“Weאֲנַחְנוּare notלֹאdoingעֹשִׂיםright.כֵןThisהַזֶּהdayהַיּוֹםisהוּאa dayיוֹםof good news,בְּשֹׂרָהand weוַאֲנַחְנוּare keeping silent.מַחְשִׁיםIf we waitוְחִכִּינוּuntilעַדthe lightאוֹרof morning,הַבֹּקֶרguiltעָווֹןwill find us.וּמְצָאָנוּNowוְעַתָּהcome,לְכוּlet us goוְנָבֹאָהand tellוְנַגִּידָהthe houseבֵּיתof the king.”הַמֶּלֶךְ
2 Kings 7:9
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “ish” appears- to one anotherרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- 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.
Where else “yom” appears- 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).
Where else “chikinu” appears- the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- of morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- guiltעָווֹןavon
guilt
The burden of guilt that remains on the one who did wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- will find usמְצָאָmetsaa
meet
To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.
Where else “metsaa” appears- 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.
Where else “navoa” appears- and tellנַגִּידָהnagida
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “nagida” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
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.”