King James Version

2 Kings 20:7

And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand 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…יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּyeshayahvIsaiahיְשַׁעְיָהnoun, proper name — “Isaiah”H3470Jeshajah, the name of seven IsraelitesIsaiah, Jesaiah, Jeshaiah.קְח֖וּqechvtakeלָקַחverb, 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.דְּבֶ֣לֶתdeveletcake of figsדְּבֵלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “cake of figs”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1690a cake of pressed figscake (lump) of figs.תְּאֵנִ֑יםteenimfigתְּאֵןnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “fig”, the ordinary formH8384the fig (tree or fruit)fig (tree).וַיִּקְח֛וּvayiqchvand 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.וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּvayasimvand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to 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]…עַֽלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַשְּׁחִ֖יןhashchinthe boilשְׁחִיןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the boil”, the ordinary formH7822inflammation, i.e. an ulcerboil, botch.וַיֶּֽחִיvayechiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Isaiah saith, 'Take ye a cake of figs;' and they take and lay [it] on the boil, and he reviveth.

World English Bible

Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” They took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Darby Translation

And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Douay-Rheims

And Isaias said: Bring me a lump of figs. And when they had brought it, and laid it upon his boil. he was healed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπε, λαβέτωσαν παλάθην σύκων, καὶ ἐπιθέτωσαν ἐπὶ τὸ ἕλκος, καὶ ὑγιάσει.