2 Kings

2 Kings 4:20

²⁰After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
After	וַיִּשָּׂאֵ֔הוּ	way·yiś·śā·’ê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
and carried him	וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּ	way·ḇî·’ê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
his mother	אִמּ֑וֹ	’im·mōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H517 mother
sat	וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב	way·yê·šeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
her lap	בִּרְכֶּ֛יהָ	bir·ke·hā	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person feminine singular	H1290 knee
until	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
noon	הַֽצָּהֳרַ֖יִם	haṣ·ṣā·ho·ra·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H6672 midday, noon
and then he died	וַיָּמֹֽת׃	way·yā·mōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die

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