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2 Kings 13:15

And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לוֹ֙lvotoלוֹ֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toאֱלִישָׁ֔עelishaElishaאֱלִישָׁעnoun, proper name — “Elisha”H477Elisha, the famous prophetElisha.קַ֖חqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “take”, a commandH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.קֶ֣שֶׁתqeshetbowקֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bow”, the ordinary formH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).וְחִצִּ֑יםvechitsimand arrowחֵץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and arrow”, the ordinary formH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.וַיִּקַּ֥חvayiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.אֵלָ֖יוelayvamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).קֶ֥שֶׁתqeshetbowקֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bow”, the ordinary formH7198a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris[idiom] arch(-er), [phrase] arrow, bow(-man, -shot).וְחִצִּֽיםvechitsimand arrowחֵץconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and arrow”, the ordinary formH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Elisha said unto him: 'Take bow and arrows'; and he took unto him bow and arrows.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows; and he took unto him bow and arrows.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Elisha saith to him, 'Take bow and arrows:' and he taketh unto him bow and arrows.

World English Bible

Elisha said to him, “Take bow and arrows;” and he took bow and arrows for himself.

Darby Translation

And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took a bow and arrows.

Douay-Rheims

And Eliseus said to him: Bring a bow and arrows. And when he had brought him a bow, and arrows,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Elisha said unto him: 'Take bow and arrows'; and he took unto him bow and arrows.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Elisaie said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to himself a bow and arrows.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἐλισαιὲ, λάβε τόξον καὶ βέλη· καὶ ἔλαβε πρὸς ἑαυτὸν τόξον καὶ βέλη.