Study it in the app“Hazael went to meet him and took a gift with him, all kinds of good things of Damascus, forty camel loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I live through this sickness?’””
Hazaelחֲזָאֵלwentוַיֵּלֶךְto meet himלִקְרָאתוֹand tookוַיִּקַּחa giftמִנְחָהwith him,בְיָדוֹall kindsוְכָלof good thingsטוּבof Damascus,דַּמֶּשֶׂקfortyאַרְבָּעִיםcamelגָּמָלloads;מַשָּׂאand he cameוַיָּבֹאand stoodוַיַּעֲמֹדbefore himלְפָנָיוand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Your sonבִּנְךָBen-hadad,בֶן הֲדַדkingמֶלֶךְof Aram,אֲרָםhas sent meשְׁלָחַנִיto you,אֵלֶיךָsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Will I liveהַאֶחְיֶהthrough thisמֵ זֶהsickness?’”חֳלִי
Hazael
Hazael: a name meaning "El has seen." He is the king of Aram, in Damascus, who harshly oppressed Israel (1 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 8:7-15; 13:22).
Where else “chazael” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appearsgift
A gift for an important person.
Where else “mincha” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsgood things
The best the land gives: its goods, wealth and plenty.
Where else “tuv” appearsDamascus
See it on the mapWhere else “damesek” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearscamel
Camel.
Where else “gamal” appearsburden
A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.
Where else “masa” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appearsBen-hadad
Ben-hadad: a name meaning "son of Hadad" (Hadad was the storm god of the Arameans). It was borne by several kings of Aram who reigned in Damascus, among them the one who made a pact with Asa and the one who fought against Ahab.
Where else “ven” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelaach” appearslive
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “echye” appearssickness
Sickness, disease; also suffering.
Where else “choli” appearsDamascus
Today: Damascus, capital of Syria
A city in southern Syria, about 135 miles (220 km) northeast of Jerusalem; today it is the capital of Syria.
David put it under his control (2 Sam 8:6). On the road to Damascus, Jesus appeared to Saul, who was going to persecute believers (Acts 9:3-5).
8The king said to Hazael, “Take a gift with you and go to meet the man of Elohim, and consult YHWH through him, saying, ‘Will I live through this sickness?’”
9 · This verse (above)
10Elisha said to him, “Go, say to him, ‘You will surely live’; but YHWH has shown me that he will surely die.”
