2 KINGS 5:7

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“And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.”

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2 Kings 5:7 Translation & Meaning

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And it came to pass, וַיְהִ֡י To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) came pass
when the king מֶֽלֶךְ A king king
of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
had read כִּקְרֹא֩ To call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) read
the letter, הַסֵּ֜פֶר Properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book letter
that he rent וַיִּקְרַ֣ע To rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them) rent
his clothes, בְּגָדָ֗יו A covering, also treachery or pillage clothes
and said, וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ To say (used with great latitude) said
Am (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
I אָ֙נִי֙ I I
God, הַאֱלֹהִ֥ים 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
to kill לְהָמִ֣ית To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill kill
and to make alive, וּֽלְהַחֲי֔וֹת To live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive make alive
that כִּי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed that
this man זֶה֙ The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that man
doth send שֹׁלֵ֣חַ To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) doth send
unto אֵלַ֔י Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
me to recover לֶֽאֱסֹ֥ף To gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.) recover
a man אִ֖ישׁ 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) man
of his leprosy? מִצָּֽרַעְתּ֑וֹ Leprosy leprosy
wherefore אַךְ A particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only wherefore
consider, דְּעוּ To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) consider
I pray you, נָא֙ 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction pray
and see וּרְא֔וּ To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) see
how כִּֽי (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed how
he ה֖וּא He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are he
seeketh a quarrel מִתְאַנֶּ֥ה To approach; hence, to meet in various senses seeketh quarrel
against me. מִתְאַנֶּ֥ה To approach; hence, to meet in various senses against

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  • 5  And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

  • 6  And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

  • 7  And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

  • 8  And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

  • 9  So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.




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