2 KINGS 4:40

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

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2 Kings 4:40 Translation & Meaning

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So they poured out וַיִּֽצְק֥וּ Properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard poured out
for the men לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֖ים A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) men
to eat. לֶֽאֱכ֑וֹל To eat (literally or figuratively) eat
And it came to pass, וַ֠יְהִי To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) came pass
as they were eating כְּאָכְלָ֨ם To eat (literally or figuratively) eating
of the pottage, מֵֽהַנָּזִ֜יד Something boiled, i.e., soup pottage
that they וְהֵ֣מָּה They (only used when emphatic) that they
cried out, צָעָ֗קוּ To shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly) cried out
and said, וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ To say (used with great latitude) said
O man אִ֣ישׁ A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) O man
thou (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
of God, הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
there is (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
death מָ֤וֶת Death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin death
in the pot. בַּסִּיר֙ A pot pot
And they could יָֽכְל֖וּ To be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might) could
not וְלֹ֥א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
eat לֶֽאֱכֹֽל׃ To eat (literally or figuratively) eat
thereof. (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)

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  • 38  And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

  • 39  And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

  • 40  So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

  • 41  But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

  • 42  And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.




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