2 Kings

2 Kings 2:1

¹Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Shortly before	וַיְהִ֗י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
took	בְּהַעֲל֤וֹת	bə·ha·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
Elijah	אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ	’ê·lî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H452 Elijah
up to heaven	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	haš·šā·mā·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
in a whirlwind	בַּֽסְעָרָ֖ה	bas·‘ā·rāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5591 tempest
Elijah	אֵלִיָּ֛הוּ	’ê·lî·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H452 Elijah
and Elisha	וֶאֱלִישָׁ֖ע	we·’ĕ·lî·šā‘	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H477 Elisha
were on their way	וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
from	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
Gilgal	הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃	hag·gil·gāl	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1537 Gilgal

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.