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2 Kings 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.


2 Kings 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 2:814 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּקַּח֩wayiqaḥ
acceptconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
אֵלִיָּ֨הוּʾēliyāhw
ElijahnounH452
Eliah
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אַדַּרְתּ֤/וֹʾadarətwō
garmentnounH155
glory · goodly · mantle · robe
וַ/יִּגְלֹם֙wayigəlōm
wrap togetherconjH1563
וַ/יַּכֶּ֣הwayakeh
beatconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/מַּ֔יִםhamayim
waterparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
וַ/יֵּחָצ֖וּwayēḥāṣw
divideconjH2673
live out half · reach to the midst · participle
הֵ֣נָּהhēnāh
hereadvH2008
hither · now · on this side · since ···
וָ/הֵ֑נָּהwāhēnāh
hereconjH2008
hither · now · on this side · since ···
וַ/יַּעַבְר֥וּwayaʿabərw
alienateconjH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
שְׁנֵי/הֶ֖םšənēyhem
bothadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
בֶּ/חָרָבָֽהbeḥārābāh
dry (groundpronH2724
land)
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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