“Then he said,” | וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | Then said |
“God” | אֱלֹהִ֖ים | 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 |
“do” | יַעֲשֶׂה | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | do |
“so” | כֹּֽה | Properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now | so |
“and more” | יוֹסִ֑ף | To add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) | more |
“also” | וְכֹ֣ה | Properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now | also |
“to me, if” | אִֽם | Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | if |
“the head” | רֹ֣אשׁ | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | head |
“of Elisha” | אֱלִישָׁ֧ע | Elisha, the famous prophet | Elisha |
“the son” | בֶּן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | son |
“of Shaphat” | שָׁפָ֛ט | Shaphat, the name of four Israelites | Shaphat |
“shall stand” | יַעֲמֹ֞ד | To stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) | stand |
“on” | עָלָ֖יו | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | on |
“him this day.” | הַיּֽוֹם׃ | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | day |