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2 Kings 5:23

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And he said, All [is] well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.	And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid [them] upon two of his servants; and they bare [them] before him.	And when he came to the tower, he took [them] from their hand, and bestowed [them] in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Naaman^H5283 said^H559, Be content^H2974, take^H3947 two talents^H3603. And he urged^H6555 him, and bound^H6696 two^H8147 talents^H3603 of silver^H3701 in two^H8147 bags^H2754, with two^H8147 changes^H2487 of garments^H899, and laid^H5414 them upon two^H8147 of his servants^H5288; and they bare^H5375 them before^H6440 him.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר נַעֲמָן הֹואֵל קַח כִּכָּרָיִם וַיִּפְרָץ־בֹּו וַיָּצַר כִּכְּרַיִם כֶּסֶף בִּשְׁנֵי חֲרִטִים וּשְׁתֵּי חֲלִפֹות בְּגָדִים וַיִּתֵּן אֶל־שְׁנֵי נְעָרָיו וַיִּשְׂאוּ לְפָנָיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
נַעֲמָ֔ן	na.'a.Man	H5283	HNp	Naaman
הוֹאֵ֖ל	ho.'El	H2974	HVhv2ms	be willing
קַ֣ח	kach	H3947	HVqv2ms	accept
כִּכָּרָ֑יִם	ki.ka.Ra.yim	H3603	HNcbda	two talents
וַ/יִּפְרָץ	va/i.yif.rotz-	H6555	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he urged
בּ֗/וֹ	b/o		HR/Sp3ms	(in)/ him
וַ/יָּצַר֩	va/i.ya.Tzar	H6887	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he secured
כִּכְּרַ֨יִם	ki.ke.Ra.yim	H3603	HNcbda	two talents
כֶּ֜סֶף	Ke.sef	H3701	HNcmsa	silver
בִּ/שְׁנֵ֣י	bi/sh.Nei	H8147	HR/Acmdc	in/ two
חֲרִטִ֗ים	cha.ri.Tim	H2754	HNcmpa	bags
וּ/שְׁתֵּי֙	u./she.Tei	H8147	HC/Acfdc	and/ two
חֲלִפ֣וֹת	cha.li.Fot	H2487	HNcfpc	changes of
בְּגָדִ֔ים	be.ga.Dim	H899	HNcmpa	garments
וַ/יִּתֵּן֙	va/i.yi.Ten	H5414	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he gave (them)
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
שְׁנֵ֣י	she.Nei	H8147	HAcmdc	two of
נְעָרָ֔י/ו	ne.'a.Ra/v	H5288	HNcmpc/Sp3ms	servants/ his
וַ/יִּשְׂא֖וּ	va/i.yis.'U	H5375	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they carried (them)
לְ/פָנָֽי/ו	le./fa.Na/v	H6440	HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms	(to)/ before/ him

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

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to 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, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• 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.
• H2487 — חֲלִיפָה (chălîyphâh, khal-ee-faw'): lemma חלִיפָה missing vowel, corrected to חֲלִיפָה; from חָלַף; alternation; change, course.
• H2754 — חָרִיט (chârîyṭ, khaw-reet'): or חָרִט; from the same as חֶרֶט; properly, cut out (or hollow), i.e. (by implication) a pocket; bag, crisping pin.
• H2974 — יָאַל (yâʼal, yaw-al'): a primitive root (probably rather the same as יָאַל through the idea of mental weakness); properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition; assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, [idiom] willingly, would.
• H3603 — כִּכָּר (kikkâr, kik-kawr'): from כָּרַר; a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin); loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.
• H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
• 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.
• H5283 — נַעֲמָן (Naʻămân, nah-am-awn'): the same as נַעֲמָן; Naaman, the name of an Israelite and of a Damascene; Naaman.
• H5288 — נַעַר (naʻar, nah'-ar): from נָעַר; (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).
• H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H6555 — פָּרַץ (pârats, paw-rats'): lemma פּרַץ missing vowel, corrected to פָּרַץ; a primitive root; to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative); [idiom] abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.
• H6696 — צוּר (tsûwr, tsoor): a primitive root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile); adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.
• 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:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, 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).
• H6887 — צָרַר (tsârar, tsaw-rar'): a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive; adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• And he urged him — 2 Kings 2:17, 2 Kings 5:16
• and they bare — Isaiah 30:6
• Be content — 1 Kings 20:7, Luke 11:54
• bound — 2 Kings 12:10

Reciprocal references (4): Genesis 33:11, Genesis 45:22, 2 Kings 6:3, Micah 6:10

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: TALENTS
• Torrey’s: COVETOUSNESS, SILVER
• Nave’s: COVETOUSNESS, FALSEHOOD, GEHAZI, JORAM, NAAMAN, SERVANT, WORLDLINESS

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