KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 2 Kings 4:41 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “But he said,” | וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Then bring” | וּקְחוּ | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | Then bring |
| “meal.” | קֶ֔מַח | Flour | meal |
| “And he cast” | וַיַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ | To throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively) | cast |
| “it” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “into” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | into |
| “the pot;” | הַסִּ֑יר | A pot | pot |
| “and he said,” | וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Pour out” | צַ֤ק | 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 | Pour out |
| “for the people,” | לָעָם֙ | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “that they may eat.” | וְיֹאכֵ֔לוּ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “And there was” | הָיָ֛ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | And there was |
| “no” | וְלֹ֥א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | no |
| “harm” | דָּבָ֥ר | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | harm |
| “in the pot.” | בַּסִּֽיר׃ | A pot | pot |
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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.
43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
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