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2 Kings 1:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.


2 Kings 1:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 1:1225 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֣עַןwayaʿan
give accountconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אֵלִיָּה֮ʾēliyāh
ElijahnounH452
Eliah
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣רwayədabēr
answerconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֲלֵי/הֶם֒ʾălēyhem
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אִ֤ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙hāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אָ֔נִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
תֵּ֤רֶדtēred
bring downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אֵשׁ֙ʾēš
burningnounH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
מִןmin
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִםhašāmayim
heavenparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
וְ/תֹאכַ֥לwətōʾkal
burn upconjH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
אֹתְ/ךָ֖ʾōtəkā
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
חֲמִשֶּׁ֑י/ךָḥămišeykā
fiftyadjH2572
וַ/תֵּ֤רֶדwatēred
bring downconjH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אֵשׁʾēš
burningnounH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
אֱלֹהִים֙ʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מִןmin
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִםhašāmayim
heavenparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
וַ/תֹּ֥אכַלwatōʾkal
burn upconjH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
אֹת֖/וֹʾōtwō
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
חֲמִשָּֽׁי/וḥămišāyw
fiftyadjH2572
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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