2 Kings
2 Kings 5:17
17“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If you will not | וָלֹ֕א | wā·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| said | וַיֹּאמֶר֮ | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Naaman | נַעֲמָן֒ | na·‘ă·mān | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H5283 Naaman |
| please | נָ֣א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| let me | לְעַבְדְּךָ֔ | lə·‘aḇ·də·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| your servant | לְעַבְדְּךָ֔ | lə·‘aḇ·də·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| be given | יֻתַּן־ | yut·tan- | Verb - QalPass - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| as much soil | אֲדָמָ֑ה | ’ă·ḏā·māh | Noun - feminine singular | H127 ground, land |
| as a pair | צֶֽמֶד־ | ṣe·meḏ- | Noun - masculine singular | H6776 couple, pair |
| of mules | פְּרָדִ֖ים | pə·rā·ḏîm | Noun - masculine plural | H6505 mule |
| can carry | מַשָּׂ֥א | maś·śā | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4853 load, burden, lifting, bearing, tribute |
| For | כִּ֡י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| your servant | עַבְדְּךָ֜ | ‘aḇ·də·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| will never | לֽוֹא־ | lō·w- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| again | ע֨וֹד | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
| make | יַעֲשֶׂה֩ | ya·‘ă·śeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| a burnt offering | עֹלָ֤ה | ‘ō·lāh | Noun - feminine singular | H5930 whole burnt-offering |
| or a sacrifice | וָזֶ֙בַח֙ | wā·ze·ḇaḥ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H2077 sacrifice |
| to any other | אֲחֵרִ֔ים | ’ă·ḥê·rîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H312 another |
| god | לֵאלֹהִ֣ים | lê·lō·hîm | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| but | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| the LORD | לַיהוָֽה׃ | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
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