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2 Kings 2:8
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And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
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And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped [it] together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
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And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
And ElijahH452 tookH3947 his mantleH155, and wrapped it togetherH1563, and smoteH5221 the watersH4325, and they were dividedH2673 hither and thither, so that they twoH8147 went overH5674 on dryH2724 ground.
Original Hebrew
וַיִּקַּח אֵלִיָּהוּ אֶת־אַדַּרְתֹּו וַיִּגְלֹם וַיַּכֶּה אֶת־הַמַּיִם וַיֵּחָצוּ הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה וַיַּעַבְרוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם בֶּחָרָבָה׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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וַ/יִּקַּח֩ |
va/i.yi.Kach | H3947 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he took |
אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ |
'e.li.Ya.hu | H452 | HNp | Elijah |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
אַדַּרְתּ֤/וֹ |
'a.dar.T/o | H155 | HNcfsc/Sp3ms | cloak/ his |
וַ/יִּגְלֹם֙ |
va/i.yig.Lom | H1563 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he folded it up |
וַ/יַּכֶּ֣ה |
va/i.ya.Keh | H5221 | HC/Vhw3ms | and/ he struck |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
הַ/מַּ֔יִם |
ha./Ma.yim | H4325 | HTd/Ncmpa | the/ waters |
וַ/יֵּחָצ֖וּ |
va/i.ye.cha.Tzu | H2673 | HC/VNw3mp | and/ they were divided |
הֵ֣נָּה |
He.nah | H2008 | HD | hither |
וָ/הֵ֑נָּה |
va./He.nah | H2008 | HC/D | and/ hither |
וַ/יַּעַבְר֥וּ |
va/i.ya.'av.Ru | H5674 | HC/Vqw3mp | and/ they passed over |
שְׁנֵי/הֶ֖ם |
she.nei./Hem | H8147 | HAcmdc/Sp3mp | (the) two of/ them |
בֶּ/חָרָבָֽה |
be./cha.ra.Vah | H2724 | HRd/Ncfsa | on the/ dry ground |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H155 — אַדֶּרֶת (ʼaddereth, ad-deh'-reth): feminine of אַדִּיר; ; also the same as אֶדֶר; something ample (as a large vine, a wide dress); garment, glory, goodly, mantle, robe.
- H452 — אֵלִיָּה (ʼÊlîyâh, ay-lee-yaw'): or prolonged אֵלִיָּהוּ; from אֵל and יָהּ; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites; Elijah, Eliah.
- H1563 — גָּלַם (gâlam, gaw-lam'): a primitive root; to fold; wrap together.
- H2673 — חָצָה (châtsâh, khaw-tsaw'): lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה; a primitive root (compare זֵד)); to cut or split in two; to halve; divide, [idiom] live out half, reach to the midst, participle
- H2724 — חָרָבָה (chârâbâh, khaw-raw-baw'): feminine of חָרֵב; a desert; dry (ground, land).
- H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to 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.
- H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
- H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
- H5674 — עָבַר (ʻâbar, aw-bar'): a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
- 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:
- H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
- H2008 — הֵנָּה (hênnâh, hane'-naw): from הֵן; hither or thither (but used both of place and time); here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, [phrase] since, this (that) way, thitherward, [phrase] thus far, to...fro, [phrase] yet.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- his mantle — 1 Kings 19:13, 1 Kings 19:19, 2 Kings 1:8
- were — Exodus 14:21-22, Joshua 3:14-17, 2 Kings 2:14, Psalms 114:5-7, Isaiah 11:15, Hebrews 11:29, Revelation 16:12
Reciprocal references (8): Joshua 3:17, 1 Samuel 28:14, 2 Kings 2:13, 2 Kings 4:29, 2 Kings 5:12, Psalms 74:15, Ezekiel 27:24, Zechariah 10:11
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