KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.”
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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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| “And the woman” | הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה | A woman | woman |
| “arose,” | וַתָּ֙קָם֙ | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | arose |
| “and did” | וַתַּ֕עַשׂ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | did |
| “after the saying” | כִּדְבַ֖ר | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | saying |
| “of 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:” | הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים | 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 she” | הִיא֙ | 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 | and she |
| “went” | וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | went |
| “with her household,” | וּבֵיתָ֔הּ | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | household |
| “and sojourned” | וַתָּ֥גָר | Properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid) | sojourned |
| “in the land” | בְּאֶֽרֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “of the Philistines” | פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | A Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth | Philistines |
| “seven” | שֶׁ֥בַע | Seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number | seven |
| “years.” | שָׁנִֽים׃ | A year (as a revolution of time) | years |
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1 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
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