2 Kings

2 Kings 4:29

²⁹So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment,^a take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

Footnotes

a 4:29 Literally Gird up your loins

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Elisha said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to Gehazi	לְגֵיחֲזִ֜י	lə·ḡê·ḥă·zî	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1522 Gechazi
Tie up	חֲגֹ֣ר	ḥă·ḡōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2296 gird, gird on, gird oneself
your garment	מָתְנֶ֗יךָ	mā·ṯə·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine dual construct; second person masculine singular	H4975 waist, loins
take	וְקַ֨ח	wə·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H3947 take
my staff	מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֣י	miš·‘an·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H4938 id.
in your hand	בְיָדְךָ֮	ḇə·yā·ḏə·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3027 hand
and go	וָלֵךְ֒	wā·lêḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
If	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you meet	תִמְצָ֥א	ṯim·ṣā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H4672 attain to, find
anyone	אִישׁ֙	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
do not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
greet him	תְבָרְכֶ֔נּוּ	ṯə·ḇā·rə·ḵen·nū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
and if	וְכִֽי־	wə·ḵî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
anyone	אִ֖ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
greets you	יְבָרֶכְךָ֥	yə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
do not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
answer him	תַעֲנֶנּ֑וּ	ṯa·‘ă·nen·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
Then lay	וְשַׂמְתָּ֥	wə·śam·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
my staff	מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֖י	miš·‘an·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H4938 id.
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the boy’s	הַנָּֽעַר׃	han·nā·‘ar	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
face	פְּנֵ֥י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before

Cross-references

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2 Kings 2:14 · Exodus 14:16 · 1 Kings 18:46 · Luke 10:4 · 2 Kings 9:1 · Exodus 7:19–20 · Acts 19:12 · Exodus 4:17 · 2 Kings 2:8 · Ephesians 6:14 · Acts 3:16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.