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2 Kings 2:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.


2 Kings 2:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 2:420 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩wayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל֨/וֹlwō
pron
אֵלִיָּ֜הוּʾēliyāhw
ElijahnounH452
Eliah
אֱלִישָׁ֣עʾĕliyšāʿ
ElishanounH477
שֵֽׁבšēb
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
נָ֣אnāʾ
I beseech theeparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
פֹ֗הpōh
hereadvH6311
hither · the one (other · this · that) side
כִּ֤יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
שְׁלָחַ֣/נִיšəlāḥaniy
appointverbH7971
any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···
יְרִיח֔וֹyəriyḥwō
JerichonounH3405
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
חַיḥay
aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/חֵֽיwəḥēy
aliveconjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
נַפְשְׁ/ךָ֖napəšəkā
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֶעֶזְבֶ֑/ךָּʾeʿezəbekā
commit selfverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
וַ/יָּבֹ֖אוּwayābōʾw
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
יְרִיחֽוֹyəriyḥwō
JerichonounH3405
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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