And it happened,וַיְהִיas heהוּאwas tellingמְסַפֵּרthe kingלַמֶּלֶךְhowאֵת אֲשֶׁרhe had restored to lifeהֶחֱיָהthe dead,אֶת הַמֵּתthat, look,וְהִנֵּהthe womanהָאִשָּׁהwhose sonאֲשֶׁר אֶת בְּנָהּhe had restored to lifeהֶחֱיָהwas crying outצֹעֶקֶתtoאֶלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְforעַלher houseבֵּיתָהּand forוְעַלher field.שָׂדָהּGehaziגֵּחֲזִיsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“My lordאֲדֹנִיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְthisזֹאתis the woman,הָאִשָּׁהand thisוְזֶהis her sonבְּנָהּwhomאֲשֶׁרElishaאֱלִישָׁעrestored to life.”הֶחֱיָה
2 Kings 8:5
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 8:5, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- was tellingמְסַפֵּרmesaper
recount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “mesaper” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- he had restored to lifeהֶחֱיָהhecheya
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “hecheya” appears- the deadמֵּתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” 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- was crying outצֹעֶקֶתtsoeket
cry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “tsoeket” appears- her houseבֵּיתָbeta
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “beta” appears- her fieldשָׂדָsada
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sada” 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “My lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” 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
The context
4The 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.”
5 · This verse (above)
6The king asked the woman, and she told him. The king gave her an official, saying, “Restore all that was hers and all the produce of the field from the day she left the land until now.”