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2 Kings 2:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.


2 Kings 2:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 2:1917 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּwayōʾmərw
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַנְשֵׁ֤יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הָ/עִיר֙hāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֱלִישָׁ֔עʾĕliyšāʿ
ElishanounH477
הִנֵּהhinēh
beholdparticleH2009
lo · see
נָ֞אnāʾ
I beseech theeparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
מוֹשַׁ֤בmwōšab
assemblynounH4186
dwell in · dwelling · wherein dwelt · inhabited place ···
הָ/עִיר֙hāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
ט֔וֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥רkaʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֲדֹנִ֖/יʾădōniy
lordnounH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
רֹאֶ֑הrōʾeh
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וְ/הַ/מַּ֥יִםwəhamayim
waterconjH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
רָעִ֖יםrāʿiym
adversityadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
וְ/הָ/אָ֥רֶץwəhāʾāreṣ
earthconjH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מְשַׁכָּֽלֶתməšakālet
bereaveverbH7921
barren · cast calf (fruit · young) · be childless ···
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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