2 Kings
2 Kings 4:31
31Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gehazi | וְגֵחֲזִ֞י | wə·ḡê·ḥă·zî | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1522 Gechazi |
| went on | עָבַ֣ר | ‘ā·ḇar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| ahead of them | לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם | lip̄·nê·hem | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H6440 face, before |
| and laid | וַיָּ֤שֶׂם | way·yā·śem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| the staff | הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙ | ham·miš·‘e·neṯ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H4938 id. |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the boy’s | הַנַּ֔עַר | han·na·‘ar | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5288 a shaking, scattering |
| face | פְּנֵ֣י | pə·nê | Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| but there was no | וְאֵ֥ין | wə·’ên | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| sound | ק֖וֹל | qō·wl | Noun - masculine singular | H6963 sound, voice |
| response | קָ֑שֶׁב | qā·šeḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H7182 attentiveness |
| So he went back | וַיָּ֤שָׁב | way·yā·šāḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| to meet | לִקְרָאתוֹ֙ | liq·rā·ṯōw | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular | H7122 encounter, befall |
| and told | וַיַּגֶּד־ | way·yag·geḏ- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5046 be conspicuous |
| him | ל֣וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| The boy | הַנָּֽעַר׃ | han·nā·‘ar | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5288 a shaking, scattering |
| has not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| awakened | הֵקִ֖יץ | hê·qîṣ | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6974 awake |
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