2 Kings 5:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֕א וַיַּגֵּ֥ד לַאדֹנָ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר כָּזֹ֤את וְכָזֹאת֙ דִּבְּרָ֣ה הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר מֵאֶ֥רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wa-yāḇōʾ wa-yaggēd la-ʾdōnāyw lēʾmōr kā-zōʾt wə-kā-zōʾt dibbərāh ha-naʿărāh ʾăšer mē-ʾereṣ Yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *wa-yāḇōʾ*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he came
• *wa-yaggēd*: conjunction with hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he told
• *la-ʾdōnāyw*: preposition with noun and 3rd masculine singular suffix - to his master
• *lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - saying
• *kā-zōʾt*: preposition with demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - like this
• *wə-kā-zōʾt*: conjunction with preposition with demonstrative pronoun - and like this
• *dibbərāh*: piel perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she spoke
• *ha-naʿărāh*: definite article with noun, feminine singular - the young girl
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
• *mē-ʾereṣ*: preposition with noun, feminine singular construct - from land of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *wa-yaggēd*: and he told/and he reported/and he declared
• *kā-zōʾt wə-kā-zōʾt*: such and such/thus and thus/in this and that manner

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 7:9-9 : 9 Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household. 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were. 11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
• Mark 5:19 : 19 And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house {G4675} unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and [how] he had mercy on thee.
• Mark 16:9-9 : 9 Now when he was risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10 She went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
• John 1:42-46 : 42 He brought him unto Jesus. {G1161} {G1689} Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter). 43 On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me. 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
• John 4:28-29 : 28 So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people, 29 Come, see a man, who told me all things that [ever] I did: can {G3385} this be the Christ?
• 1 Cor 1:26-27 : 26 For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]: 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;