2 KINGS 8:4

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“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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2 Kings 8:4 Translation & Meaning

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And the king וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ A king king
talked מְדַבֵּר֙ Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue talked
with אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to with
Gehazi גֵּ֣חֲזִ֔י Gechazi, the servant of Elisha Gehazi
the servant נַ֥עַר (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age) servant
of the man אִישׁ 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, הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים 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
saying, לֵאמֹ֑ר To say (used with great latitude) saying
Tell סַפְּרָה Properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebrate Tell
me, I pray thee, נָּ֣א 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction pray
all כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
the great things הַגְּדֹל֖וֹת Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent great things
that אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
Elisha אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ Elisha, the famous prophet Elisha
hath done. עָשָׂ֥ה To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application done

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  • 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.

  • 5  And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

  • 6  And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.




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