2 Kings
2 Kings 6:18
18As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As the Arameans came down | וַיֵּרְדוּ֮ | way·yê·rə·ḏū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3381 come or go down, descend |
| against him | אֵלָיו֒ | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| Elisha | אֱלִישָׁ֤ע | ’ĕ·lî·šā‘ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H477 Elisha |
| prayed | וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל | way·yiṯ·pal·lêl | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6419 intervene, interpose |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| Please | נָ֥א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| strike | הַךְ־ | haḵ- | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H5221 smite |
| these | הַזֶּ֖ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| people | הַגּוֹי־ | hag·gō·w- | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1471 nation, people |
| with blindness | בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֑ים | bas·san·wê·rîm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5575 blindness |
| So He struck them | וַיַּכֵּ֥ם | way·yak·kêm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H5221 smite |
| with blindness | בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֖ים | bas·san·wê·rîm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5575 blindness |
| according to the word | כִּדְבַ֥ר | kiḏ·ḇar | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1697 speech, word |
| of Elisha | אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ | ’ĕ·lî·šā‘ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H477 Elisha |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Acts 13:11 · Genesis 19:11 · John 12:40 · John 9:39 · Job 5:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.