2 Kings 8:2

“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.”

2 Kings 8:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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