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2 Kings 7:3

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Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.	And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?	If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine [is] in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And there were four^H702 leprous^H6879 men^H582 at the entering in^H6607 of the gate^H8179: and they said^H559 one^H376 to another^H7453, Why sit^H3427 we here until we die^H4191?

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Original Hebrew

וְאַרְבָּעָה אֲנָשִׁים הָיוּ מְצֹרָעִים פֶּתַח הַשָּׁעַר וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ מָה אֲנַחְנוּ יֹשְׁבִים פֹּה עַד־מָתְנוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אַרְבָּעָ֧ה	ve./'ar.ba.'Ah	H702	HC/Acmsa	and/ four
אֲנָשִׁ֛ים	'a.na.Shim	H376	HNcmpa	men
הָי֥וּ	ha.Yu	H1961	HVqp3cp	they were
מְצֹרָעִ֖ים	me.tzo.ra.'Im	H6879	HVPsmpa	(people) having a skin disease
פֶּ֣תַח	Pe.tach	H6607	HNcmsc	(the) entrance of
הַ/שָּׁ֑עַר	ha./Sha.'ar	H8179	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ gate
וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙	va/i.yo.me.Ru	H559	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they said
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	each
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
רֵעֵ֔/הוּ	re.'E./hu	H7453	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	neighbor/ his
מָ֗ה	Mah	H4100	HTi	why?
אֲנַ֛חְנוּ	'a.Nach.nu	H587	HPp1cp	(are) we
יֹשְׁבִ֥ים	yo.she.Vim	H3427	HVqrmpa	sitting
פֹּ֖ה	poh	H6311	HD	here
עַד	'ad-	H5704	HR	until
מָֽתְנוּ	Ma.te.nu	H4191	HVqp1cp	we have died

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

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• 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.
• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה; from רָבַע; four; four.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to 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) wise.
• H6607 — פֶּתַח (pethach, peh'-thakh): from פָּתַח; an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way; door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
• H6879 — צָרַע (tsâraʻ, tsaw-rah'): a primitive root; to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy; leper, leprous.
• H7453 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.
• H8179 — שַׁעַר (shaʻar, shah'-ar): from שָׁעַר in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate; city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).

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).
• H587 — אֲנַחְנוּ (ʼănachnûw, an-akh'-noo): apparently from אָנֹכִי; we; ourselves, us, we.
• 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.
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.
• H6311 — פֹּה (pôh, po): or פֹּא; (Job 38:11), or פּוֹ; probably from a primitive inseparable particle 'p' (of demonstrative force) and הוּא; this place (French ici), i.e. here or hence; here, hither, the one (other, this, that) side.

Cross References

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

• four leprous — Leviticus 13:46, Numbers 5:2-4, Numbers 12:14, 2 Kings 5:1, 2 Kings 8:4
• Why — 2 Kings 7:4, Jeremiah 8:14, Jeremiah 27:13

Reciprocal references (9): Deuteronomy 24:9, 2 Kings 7:9, 2 Kings 15:5, 2 Chronicles 26:21, Matthew 8:2, Mark 1:40, Luke 5:12, Luke 15:18, Luke 17:12

Related Topics

• Nave’s: LEPROSY, PROPHECY, SANITATION

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