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2 Kings 2:12

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And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.	And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.	He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Elisha^H477 saw^H7200 it, and he cried^H6817, My father^H1, my father^H1, the chariot^H7393 of Israel^H3478, and the horsemen^H6571 thereof. And he saw^H7200 him no more: and he took hold^H2388 of his own clothes^H899, and rent^H7167 them in two^H8147 pieces^H7168.

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Original Hebrew

וֶאֱלִישָׁע רֹאֶה וְהוּא מְצַעֵק אָבִי ׀ אָבִי רֶכֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפָרָשָׁיו וְלֹא רָאָהוּ עֹוד וַיַּחֲזֵק בִּבְגָדָיו וַיִּקְרָעֵם לִשְׁנַיִם קְרָעִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וֶ/אֱלִישָׁ֣ע	ve./'e.li.Sha'	H477	HC/Np	and/ Elisha
רֹאֶ֗ה	ro.'Eh	H7200	HVqrmsa	(was) seeing
וְ/ה֤וּא	ve./Hu'	H1931	HC/Pp3ms	and/ he
מְצַעֵק֙	me.tza.'Ek	H6817	HVprmsa	(was) crying out
אָבִ֣/י	'a.V/i	H1	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	O father/ my
אָבִ֗/י	'a.V/i	H1	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	father/ my
רֶ֤כֶב	Re.khev	H7393	HNcmsc	(the) chariotry of
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
וּ/פָ֣רָשָׁ֔י/ו	u./Fa.ra.Sha/v	H6571	HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	and/ horsemen/ its
וְ/לֹ֥א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
רָאָ֖/הוּ	ra.'A./hu	H7200	HVqp3ms/Sp3ms	he saw/ him
ע֑וֹד	od	H5750	HD	again
וַֽ/יַּחֲזֵק֙	va/i.ya.cha.Zek	H2388	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he took hold
בִּ/בְגָדָ֔י/ו	bi/v.ga.Da/v	H899	HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms	on/ clothes/ his
וַ/יִּקְרָעֵ֖/ם	va/i.yik.ra.'E/m	H7167	HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp	and/ he tore/ them
לִ/שְׁנַ֥יִם	li/sh.Na.yim	H8147	HR/Acmda	into/ two
קְרָעִֽים	ke.ra.'Im	H7168	HNcmpa	pieces

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H477 — אֱלִישָׁע (ʼĔlîyshâʻ, el-ee-shaw'): contracted for אֱלִישׁוּעַ.; Elisha, the famous prophet; Elisha.
• H899 — בֶּגֶד (beged, behg'-ed): from בָּגַד; a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage; apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
• H2388 — חָזַק (châzaq, khaw-zak'): a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H6571 — פָּרָשׁ (pârâsh, paw-rawsh'): from פָּרָשׁ; (compare סוּס); a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry; horseman.
• H6817 — צָעַק (tsâʻaq, tsaw-ak'): a primitive root; to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly); [idiom] at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
• H7167 — קָרַע (qâraʻ, kaw-rah'): a primitive root; to rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them); cut out, rend, [idiom] surely, tear.
• H7168 — קֶרַע (qeraʻ, keh'-rah): from קָרַע; a rag; piece, rag.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7393 — רֶכֶב (rekeb, reh'-keb): from רָכַב; a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone; chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H5750 — עוֹד (ʻôwd, ode): or עֹד; from עוּד; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more; again, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).

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