2 Kings 8:1

“Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Get up and go, you and your household, and reside as an alien wherever you can reside as an alien, for YHWH has called for a famine, and it will also come on the land seven years.””

2 Kings 8:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Kings 8:1, word by word

Elishaאֱלִישָׁעelisha

Elisha

Elisha: a name meaning "El is salvation." He is the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, whom Elijah called to be prophet in his place (1 Kings 19:16-21; 2 Kings 2–13).

Where else “elisha” appears
had spokenדִּבֶּרdiber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “diber” appears
the womanאִשָּׁהisha

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

Where else “isha” appears
whose sonבְּנָbena

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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he had restored to lifeהֶחֱיָהhecheya

keep alive

To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

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

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“Get upקוּמִיkumi

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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and goלְכִיlechi

go

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

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and your householdבֵיתֵvete

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

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and reside as an alienגוּרִיguri

sojourn

To live in a place that is not your own.

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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
has calledקָרָאkara

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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for a famineרָעָבraav

famine, hunger

Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

Where else “raav” appears
comeבָּאba

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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sevenשֶׁבַעsheva

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

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yearsשָׁנִיםshanim

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

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The context

1 · This verse (above)

2The woman got up and did according to the word of the man of Elohim; she went, with her household, and resided as an alien in the land of the Philistines seven years.

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