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2 Kings 4:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.


2 Kings 4:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 4:1617 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לַ/מּוֹעֵ֤דlamwōʿēd
appointed (signpronH4150
time) · (place of · solemn) assembly · congregation ···
הַ/זֶּה֙hazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
כָּ/עֵ֣תkāʿēt
wayspronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
חַיָּ֔הḥayāh
aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
אתיʾty
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
אַ֖תְּʾatə
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
חֹבֶ֣קֶתḥōbeqet
embraceverbH2263
fold
בֵּ֑ןbēn
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וַ/תֹּ֗אמֶרwatōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
אֲדֹנִ/י֙ʾădōniy
lordnounH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּכַזֵּ֖בtəkazēb
failverbH3576
(be found a · make a) liar · lie · lying ···
בְּ/שִׁפְחָתֶֽ/ךָbəšipəḥātekā
(bond-pronH8198
hand-) maid(-en · -servant) · wench · bondwoman ···
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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