The kingהַמֶּלֶךְaskedוַיִּשְׁאַלthe woman,לָאִשָּׁהand she toldוַתְּסַפֶּרhim.לוֹThe kingהַמֶּלֶךְgaveוַיִּתֶּןherלָהּan official,סָרִיס אֶחָדsaying,לֵאמֹר“Restoreהָשֵׁיבallאֶת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרwas hersלָהּand allוְאֵת כָּלthe produceתְּבוּאֹתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהfrom the dayמִיּוֹםshe leftעָזְבָהthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץuntilוְעַדnow.”עָתָּה
2 Kings 8:6
Study it in the app“The 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 8:6, word by word
- The kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- askedיִּשְׁאַלyishal
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishal” appears- the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- and she toldתְּסַפֶּרtesaper
recount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “tesaper” appears- gaveיִּתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- an officialסָרִיסsaris
official, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “saris” appears- an officialאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Restoreהָשֵׁיבhashev
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashev” appears- the produceתְּבוּאֹתtevuot
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuot” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears- from the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- she leftעָזְבָהazva
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “azva” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
Translation note
“Official”: the Hebrew word designates a court functionary; sometimes it means “eunuch.”
The context
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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick; and it was told him, saying, “The man of Elohim has come here.”