2 Kings

2 Kings 6:31

³¹He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He announced	וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
May God	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
punish	כֹּֽה־	kōh-	Adverb	H3541 thus, here
me	לִּ֥י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
and ever so	וְכֹ֣ה	wə·ḵōh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H3541 thus, here
severely	יוֹסִ֑ף	yō·w·sip̄	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3254 add
if	אִֽם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
the head	רֹ֣אשׁ	rōš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7218 head
of Elisha	אֱלִישָׁ֧ע	’ĕ·lî·šā‘	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H477 Elisha
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Shaphat	שָׁפָ֛ט	šā·p̄āṭ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8202 Shaphat
remains	יַעֲמֹ֞ד	ya·‘ă·mōḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
on his shoulders	עָלָ֖יו	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
through this day	הַיּֽוֹם׃	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.