2 KINGS 7:2

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“Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.”

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2 Kings 7:2 Translation & Meaning

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Then a lord הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁ A triple, i.e., (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah) Then lord
on עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications on
whose אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc whose
hand יָד֜וֹ A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hand
the king לַמֶּלֶךְ֩ A king king
leaned נִשְׁעָ֨ן To support one's self leaned
answered וַיַּ֣עַן Properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce answered
the 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) man
of God, הָֽאֱלֹהִים֮ 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
and said, וַיֹּאמַר֒ To say (used with great latitude) said
Behold, הִנֵּ֣ה Lo! Behold
if (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
the Lord יְהוָ֗ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
would make עֹשֶׂ֤ה To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application would make
windows אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ A lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water) windows
in heaven, בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) heaven
might this הַזֶּ֑ה The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that might
thing הַדָּבָ֣ר A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause thing
be? הֲיִֽהְיֶ֖ה To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) be
And he said, וַיֹּ֗אמֶר To say (used with great latitude) said
Behold, הִנְּכָ֤ה Lo! Behold
thou shalt see רֹאֶה֙ To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) see
it (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
with thine eyes, בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) thine eyes
but shalt not לֹ֥א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
eat תֹאכֵֽל׃ To eat (literally or figuratively) eat
thereof. וּמִשָּׁ֖ם There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence thereof

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  • 1  Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

  • 2  Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

  • 3  And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

  • 4  If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.




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