2 Kings
2 Kings 1:4
4Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
So Elijah departed.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therefore | וְלָכֵן֙ | wə·lā·ḵên | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H3651 right, veritable, honest |
| this is what | כֹּֽה־ | kōh- | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| You will not | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| get up | תֵרֵ֥ד | ṯê·rêḏ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3381 come or go down, descend |
| from | מִמֶּ֖נָּה | mim·men·nāh | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the bed | הַמִּטָּ֞ה | ham·miṭ·ṭāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H4296 couch, bed |
| on which | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you are lying | עָלִ֥יתָ | ‘ā·lî·ṯā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| You will surely die | מ֣וֹת | mō·wṯ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H4191 die |
| So Elijah | אֵלִיָּֽה׃ | ’ê·lî·yāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H452 Elijah |
| departed | וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ | way·yê·leḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 2:17 · Ezekiel 18:4 · Genesis 3:4 · 1 Samuel 28:19 · Proverbs 11:19 · 2 Kings 1:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.