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The kingוְהַמֶּלֶךְwas speakingמְדַבֵּרtoאֶלGehazi,גֵּחֲזִיthe young manנַעַרof the manאִישׁof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Tellסַפְּרָהme,לִיplease,נָּאallאֵת כָּלthe great thingsהַגְּדֹלוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרElishaאֱלִישָׁעhas done.”עָשָׂה
2 Kings 8:4
Study it in the app“The king was speaking to Gehazi, the young man of the man of Elohim, saying, “Tell me, please, all the great things that Elisha has done.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 8:4, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- was speakingמְדַבֵּרmedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaber” appears- Gehaziגֵּחֲזִיgechazi
Gehazi
Gehazi. A personal name which, according to the lexicon, means "valley of vision." He is the young man who served Elisha (2 Kings 4–5; 8:4-5).
Where else “gechazi” appears- the young manנַעַרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” 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- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Tellסַפְּרָsapra
recount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “sapra” appears- the great thingsגְּדֹלוֹתgedolot
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolot” appears- 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- has doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears
The context
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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And it happened, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life the dead, that, look, the woman whose son he had restored to life was crying out to the king for her house and for her field. Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.”