2 Kings 8:6

“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.””

2 Kings 8:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.”

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