King James Version

2 Kings 2:20

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

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וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvayomerand 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…קְחוּqechvtakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “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.לִי֙litoלִי֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toצְלֹחִ֣יתtselochitcruseצְלֹחִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “cruse”, the ordinary formH6746something prolonged or tall, i.e. a vial or salt-cellarcruse.חֲדָשָׁ֔הchadashahnew thingחָדָשׁadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “new thing”, the ordinary formH2319newfresh, new thing.וְשִׂ֥ימוּvesimvand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and put”, a commandH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…שָׁ֖םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.מֶ֑לַחmelachsaltמֶלַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “salt”, the ordinary formH4417properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)salt(-pit).וַיִּקְח֖וּvayiqchvand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “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.אֵלָֽיוelayvamongאֵלpreposition, 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).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he said: 'Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.' And they brought it to him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he saith, 'Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;' and they bring [it] unto him,

World English Bible

He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.

Darby Translation

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt in it. And they brought it to him.

Douay-Rheims

And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he said: 'Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein.' And they brought it to him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Elisaie said, Bring me a new pitcher, and put salt in it. And they took one , and brought it to him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπεν Ἑλισαιὲ λάβετέ μοι ὑδρίσκην καινὴν, καὶ θέτε ἐκεῖ ἅλα· καὶ ἔλαβον, καὶ ἤνεγκαν πρὸς αὐτόν.