The womanהָאִשָּׁהgot upוַתָּקָםand didוַתַּעַשׂaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof the manאִישׁof Elohim;הָאֱלֹהִיםsheהִיאwent,וַתֵּלֶךְwith her household,וּבֵיתָהּand resided as an alienוַתָּגָרin the landבְּאֶרֶץof the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםsevenשֶׁבַעyears.שָׁנִים
2 Kings 8:2
Study it in the app“The 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 8:2, word by word
- The womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- got upתָּקָםtakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “takam” appears- and didתַּעַשׂtaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taas” appears- according to the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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- wentתֵּלֶךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- with her householdבֵיתָveta
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “veta” appears- and resided as an alienתָּגָרtagar
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “tagar” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” 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
1Elisha 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 · This verse (above)
3And it happened, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went out to cry out to the king for her house and for her field.