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He fixedוַיַּעֲמֵדhis faceאֶת פָּנָיוand kept it soוַיָּשֶׂםuntilעַדhe was ashamed,בֹּשׁand the manוַ אִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםwept.יֵּבְךְּ
2 Kings 8:11
Study it in the app“He fixed his face and kept it so until he was ashamed, and the man of Elohim wept.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 8:11, word by word
- He fixedיַּעֲמֵדyaamed
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “yaamed” appears- his faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears- and kept it soיָּשֶׂםyasem
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “yasem” appears- he was ashamedבֹּשׁbosh
be ashamed
To feel disgrace and distress over something bad one did or that befell him.
Where else “bosh” appears- and the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- weptיֵּבְךְּyevk
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “yevk” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew does not say who stares at whom, or who comes to feel ashamed; what follows can be understood both ways.
The context
10Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You will surely live’; but YHWH has shown me that he will surely die.”
11 · This verse (above)
12Hazael said, “Why is my lord weeping?” He said, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their fortresses you will set on fire, their young men you will kill with the sword, their little ones you will dash to pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip open.”