2 Kings

2 Kings 8:1

¹Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now Elisha	וֶאֱלִישָׁ֡ע	we·’ĕ·lî·šā‘	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H477 Elisha
had said	דִּבֶּ֣ר	dib·ber	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the woman	הָאִשָּׁה֩	hā·’iš·šāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
whose	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
son	בְּנָ֜הּ	bə·nāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H1121 son
he had restored to life	הֶחֱיָ֨ה	he·ḥĕ·yāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2421 live
Arise	ק֤וּמִי	qū·mî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H6965 arise, stand up, stand
you	אַתִּי	ʾat·tī	Pronoun - second person feminine singular	H859 thou
and your household	וּבֵיתֵ֔ךְ	ū·ḇê·ṯêḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H1004 house
go	וּלְכִי֙	ū·lə·ḵî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and live as a foreigner	וְג֖וּרִי	wə·ḡū·rî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H1481 sojourn
wherever	בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ba·’ă·šer	Preposition-b; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you can	תָּג֑וּרִי	tā·ḡū·rî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H1481 sojourn
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has decreed that	קָרָ֤א	qā·rā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
a seven-year	שֶׁ֥בַע	še·ḇa‘	Number - feminine singular	H7651 seven
famine	לָֽרָעָ֔ב	lā·rā·‘āḇ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7458 famine, hunger
will come	בָּ֥א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the land	הָאָ֖רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Kings 4:31–35 · Psalm 105:16 · Haggai 1:11 · Ruth 1:1 · 2 Kings 4:18 · Genesis 12:10 · Leviticus 26:26 · 1 Kings 17:1 · 1 Kings 18:2 · Genesis 41:27–28 · Luke 4:25

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.