2 Kings 5:14

American Standard Version (1901)

Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֗רֶד וַיִּטְבֹּ֤ל בַּיַּרְדֵּן֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֔ים כִּדְבַ֖ר אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיָּ֣שָׁב בְּשָׂר֗וֹ כִּבְשַׂ֛ר נַ֥עַר קָטֹ֖ן וַיִּטְהָֽר׃

Transliteration

wa-yēred wa-yiṭbōl ba-Yardēn šeḇaʿ pəʿāmîm ki-dḇar ʾîš hā-ʾĕlōhîm wa-yāšāḇ bəśārô ki-ḇśar naʿar qāṭōn wa-yiṭhār

Grammar Details

• *wa-yēred*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went down
• *wa-yiṭbōl*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he dipped
• *ba-Yardēn*: preposition with definite article and proper noun - in the Jordan
• *šeḇaʿ*: number, feminine - seven
• *pəʿāmîm*: noun, feminine plural - times
• *ki-dḇar*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - according to word of
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
• *hā-ʾĕlōhîm*: definite article with noun, masculine plural - the God (the man of God)
• *wa-yāšāḇ*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it returned
• *bəśārô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his flesh
• *ki-ḇśar*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - like flesh of
• *naʿar*: noun, masculine singular - young boy
• *qāṭōn*: adjective, masculine singular - small/young
• *wa-yiṭhār*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he was clean

Word Meanings

• *yiṭbōl*: dipped/immersed
• *wa-yāšāḇ bəśārô*: his flesh returned/was restored
• *ki-ḇśar naʿar qāṭōn*: like the flesh of a little child/like the skin of a young boy

Referenced Verses

• Job 33:25 : 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's; He returneth to the days of his youth.
• Luke 4:27 : 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
• 2 Kgs 5:10 : 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
• Luke 5:13 : 13 And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway the leprosy departed from him.
• John 2:5 : 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
• Heb 11:7-8 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
• Prov 9:9 : 9 Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
• Prov 25:11-12 : 11 A word fitly spoken Is [like] apples of gold in network of silver. 12 [ As] an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [So is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
• Ezek 47:1-9 : 1 And he brought me back unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward; (for the forefront of the house was toward the east;) and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way without unto the outer gate, by the way of [the gate] that looketh toward the east; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 3 When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through [the waters], waters that were to the loins. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; [and it was] a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. 6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen [this] ? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, upon the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature which swarmeth, in every place whither the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come thither, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed, and everything shall live whithersoever the river cometh.
• Zech 13:1 : 1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
• Zech 14:8 : 8 And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
• 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
• Job 31:13 : 13 If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;