2 Kings

2 Kings 4:30

³⁰And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And the mother	אֵ֣ם	’êm	Noun - feminine singular construct	H517 mother
of the boy	הַנַּ֔עַר	han·na·‘ar	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
said	וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
As surely as the LORD	יְהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
lives	חַי־	ḥay-	Noun - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
and as you yourself	נַפְשְׁךָ֖	nap̄·šə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
live	וְחֵֽי־	wə·ḥê-	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2416 alive, living
I will not	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
leave you	אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ	’e·‘ez·ḇe·kā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
So he got up	וַיָּ֖קָם	way·yā·qām	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
and followed	וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
her	אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃	’a·ḥă·re·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H310 behind

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.