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2 Kings 6:5

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So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.	But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.	And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast [it] in thither; and the iron did swim.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But as one^H259 was felling^H5307 a beam^H6982, the axe head^H1270 fell^H5307 into the water^H4325: and he cried^H6817, and said^H559, Alas^H162, master^H113! for it was borrowed^H7592.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי הָאֶחָד מַפִּיל הַקֹּורָה וְאֶת־הַבַּרְזֶל נָפַל אֶל־הַמָּיִם וַיִּצְעַק וַיֹּאמֶר אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנִי וְהוּא שָׁאוּל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֤י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
הָֽ/אֶחָד֙	ha./'e.Chad	H259	HTd/Acmsa	the/ one
מַפִּ֣יל	ma.Pil	H5307	HVhrmsa	(was) making fall
הַ/קּוֹרָ֔ה	ha./ko.Rah	H6982	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ beam
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
הַ/בַּרְזֶ֖ל	ha./bar.Zel	H1270	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ iron
נָפַ֣ל	na.Fal	H5307	HVqp3ms	it fell
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	into
הַ/מָּ֑יִם	ha./Ma.yim	H4325	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ water
וַ/יִּצְעַ֥ק	va/i.yitz.'Ak	H6817	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he cried out
וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אֲהָ֥הּ	'a.Hah	H162	HTj	alas!
אֲדֹנִ֖/י	'a.do.N/i	H113	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	O lord/ my
וְ/ה֥וּא	ve./Hu'	H1931	HC/Pp3ms	and/ it
שָׁאֽוּל	sha.'Ul	H7592	HVqsmsa	(was) asked

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

Strong's References

• H113 — אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn, aw-done'): or (shortened) אָדֹן; from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine); lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
• H162 — אֲהָהּ (ʼăhâhh, a-haw'): apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily; Oh!; ah, alas.
• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• 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.
• H1270 — בַּרְזֶל (barzel, bar-zel'): perhaps from the root of בִּרְזוֹת; iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement; (ax) head, iron.
• 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)).
• H5307 — נָפַל (nâphal, naw-fal'): a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.
• 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).
• H6982 — קוֹרָה (qôwrâh, ko-raw'): or קֹרָה; from קוּר; a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roof; beam, roof.
• H7592 — שָׁאַל (shâʼal, shaw-al'): or שָׁאֵל; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand; ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.

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).
• 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).
• 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.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

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