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2 Kings 4:32

In 2 Kings 4 of 2 Kings.

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

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וַיָּבֹ֥אvayavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…אֱלִישָׁ֖עelishaElishaאֱלִישָׁעnoun, proper name — “Elisha”H477Elisha, the famous prophetElisha.הַבָּ֑יְתָהhabayetahthe familyבַּיִתdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute, directional ending — “the family”, the ordinary formH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…וְהִנֵּ֤הvehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.הַנַּ֨עַר֙hanaarthe boyנַעַרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the boy”, the ordinary formH5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).מֵ֔תmetdieמוּתverb, qal, participle, absolute — “die”, a verb used as a describing wordH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…מֻשְׁכָּ֖בmushkavlieשָׁכַבverb, hophal, passive participle, absolute — “lie”, a verb used as a describing wordH7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…מִטָּתֽוֹmitatvobedמִטָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4296a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bierbed(-chamber), bier.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Elisha cometh in to the house, and lo, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,

World English Bible

When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.

Darby Translation

And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, [and] laid upon his bed.

Douay-Rheims

Eliseus therefore went into the house, and behold the child lay dead on his bed.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Elisaie went into the house, and, behold, the dead child was laid upon his bed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Ἑλισαιὲ εἰς τὸν οἶκον, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ παιδάριον τεθνηκός κεκοιμισμένον ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην αὐτοῦ·

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