2 Kings

2 Kings 4:39

³⁹One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
One	אֶחָ֣ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
went out	וַיֵּצֵ֨א	way·yê·ṣê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the field	הַשָּׂדֶה֮	haś·śā·ḏeh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
to gather	לְלַקֵּ֣ט	lə·laq·qêṭ	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H3950 pick or gather up
herbs	אֹרֹת֒	’ō·rōṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H219 light
and he found	וַיִּמְצָא֙	way·yim·ṣā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4672 attain to, find
a wild	שָׂדֶ֔ה	śā·ḏeh	Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
vine	גֶּ֣פֶן	ge·p̄en	Noun - common singular construct	H1612 vine
from	מִמֶּ֛נּוּ	mim·men·nū	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
which he gathered	וַיְלַקֵּ֥ט	way·laq·qêṭ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3950 pick or gather up
as many wild	שָׂדֶ֖ה	śā·ḏeh	Noun - masculine singular	H7704 id.
gourds	פַּקֻּעֹ֥ת	paq·qu·‘ōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H6498 wild cucumber
as his garment	בִגְד֑וֹ	ḇiḡ·ḏōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H899 treachery
Then he came back	וַיָּבֹ֗א	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and cut them up	וַיְפַלַּ֛ח	way·p̄al·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6398 cleave
into	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the pot	סִ֥יר	sîr	Noun - common singular construct	H5518 pot
of stew	הַנָּזִ֖יד	han·nā·zîḏ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5138 thing sodden or boiled, pottage
though	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
no one	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
knew	יָדָֽעוּ׃	yā·ḏā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.