Study it in the app“Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Gird your waist, take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.”
Elishaוֶאֱלִישָׁעthe prophetהַנָּבִיאcalledקָרָאoneלְאַחַדofמִthe sonsבְּנֵיof the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִיםand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Girdחֲגֹרyour waist,מָתְנֶיךָtakeוְקַחthisהַזֶּהflaskפַּךְof oilהַשֶּׁמֶןin your hand,בְּיָדֶךָand goוְלֵךְto RamothרָמֹתGilead.גִּלְעָד
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” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kara” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “chagor” appearswaist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matne” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appearsflask
Small flask for keeping oil.
Where else “pach” appearsoil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appearsRamoth-gilead
Ramoth-gilead: a city of refuge and of Levites in Gad, east of the Jordan.
Where else “ramot” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsGilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
1 · This verse (above)
2When you come there, look there for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi; go in and make him get up from among his brothers, and bring him into a room within a room.
