Elishaוֶאֱלִישָׁעhad spokenדִּבֶּרtoאֶלthe womanהָאִשָּׁהwhose sonאֲשֶׁר אֶת בְּנָהּhe had restored to life,הֶחֱיָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Get upקוּמִיand go,וּלְכִיyouאַתְּand your household,וּבֵיתֵךְand reside as an alienוְגוּרִיwhereverבַּאֲשֶׁרyou can reside as an alien,תָּגוּרִיforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas calledקָרָאfor a famine,לָרָעָבand it will alsoוְגַםcomeבָּאonאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץsevenשֶׁבַעyears.”שָׁנִים
2 Kings 8:1
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “bena” appears- he had restored to lifeהֶחֱיָהhecheya
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “hecheya” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Get upקוּמִיkumi
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumi” appears- and goלְכִיlechi
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechi” appears- and your householdבֵיתֵvete
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vete” appears- and reside as an alienגוּרִיguri
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “guri” appears- 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.
Where else “kara” appears- 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".
Where else “ba” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears
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.