2 Kings 8:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ מְדַבֵּר֙ אֶל־גֵּ֣חֲזִ֔י נַ֥עַר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר סַפְּרָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַגְּדֹל֖וֹת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה אֱלִישָֽׁע׃

Transliteration

And the melek mədabbēr to gēḥăzî naʿar ʾîš-hāʾĕlōhîm saying, sappərâ-nāʾ to me ʾēt all the gədōlôt which ʿāśâ ʾĕlîšāʿ.

Grammar Details

• *melek*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the king
• *mədabbēr*: verb, piel participle, masculine singular - was speaking
• *gēḥăzî*: proper noun - Gehazi
• *naʿar*: noun, masculine singular construct - servant of/attendant of
• *ʾîš-hāʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun with definite article - man of God
• *sappərâ-nāʾ*: verb, piel imperative, masculine singular + particle of entreaty - please recount/tell
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *gədōlôt*: adjective, feminine plural with definite article - great things/great deeds
• *ʿāśâ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - did/performed
• *ʾĕlîšāʿ*: proper noun - Elisha

Word Meanings

• *mədabbēr*: was speaking/was discussing/was conversing
• *naʿar*: servant/attendant/young man
• *sappərâ-nāʾ*: please tell/recount/narrate
• *gədōlôt*: great things/mighty works/wonders

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 5:20-27 : 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him. 21 So Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from his carriage and went back to him and said, Is all well? 22 And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them? 23 And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him. 24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went. 25 Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere. 26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants? 27 Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.
• 2 Kgs 6:6 : 6 And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water.
• 2 Kgs 6:9-9 : 9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take care to keep away from that place, for the Aramaeans are waiting there in secret. 10 So the king of Israel sent to the place where the man of God had said there was danger, and kept clear of it more than once. 11 And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel? 12 And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king; but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.
• 2 Kgs 6:17-20 : 17 Then Elisha made a prayer to the Lord, saying, Lord, let his eyes be open so that he may see. And the Lord made the young man's eyes open; and he saw that all the mountain was full of horses and carriages of fire round Elisha. 18 Now when the Aramaeans came down to Elisha, he made a prayer to the Lord saying, Lord, make this people blind. And he made them blind at Elisha's request. 19 And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria. 20 And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, let the eyes of these men be open so that they may see. And the Lord made their eyes open, and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.
• 2 Kgs 6:32 : 32 But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?
• 2 Kgs 7:1 : 1 Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria.
• 2 Kgs 7:3 : 3 Now there were four lepers seated at the doorway into the town: and they said to one another, Why are we waiting here for death?
• 2 Kgs 7:10 : 10 So they came in, and, crying out to the door-keepers of the town, they gave them the news, saying, We came to the tents of the Aramaeans, and there was no one there and no voice of man, only the horses and the asses in their places, and the tents as they were.
• 2 Kgs 7:16-20 : 16 Then the people went out and took the goods from the tents of the Aramaeans. So a measure of good meal was to be had for the price of a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had said. 17 And the king gave authority to that captain, on whose arm he was supported, to have control over the doorway into the town; but he was crushed to death there under the feet of the people, as the man of God had said when the king went down to him. 18 So the words of the man of God came true, which he said to the king: Two measures of barley will be offered for the price of a shekel and a measure of good meal for a shekel, tomorrow about this time in the market-place of Samaria. 19 And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food. 20 And such was his fate; for he was crushed to death under the feet of the people, in the doorway into the town.
• Matt 2:8 : 8 And he sent them to Beth-lehem and said, Go and make certain where the young child is; and when you have seen him, let me have news of it, so that I may come and give him worship.
• Luke 9:9 : 9 And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.
• Luke 23:8 : 8 Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him.
• John 9:27 : 27 His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?
• Acts 24:24 : 24 But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was of the Jews by birth, and sent for Paul, and gave hearing to him about faith in Christ Jesus.
• 2 Kgs 2:14 : 14 And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.
• 2 Kgs 2:20-22 : 20 So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him. 21 Then he went out to the spring from which the water came, and put salt in it, and said, The Lord says, Now I have made this water sweet; no longer will it be death-giving or unfertile. 22 And the water was made sweet again to this day, as Elisha said.
• 2 Kgs 2:24 : 24 And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.
• 2 Kgs 3:14-16 : 14 Then Elisha said, By the life of the Lord of armies whose servant I am, if it was not for the respect I have for Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, I would not give a look at you, or see you. 15 But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord was on him. 16 And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.
• 2 Kgs 4:3-6 : 3 Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them. 4 Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones. 5 So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them. 6 And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There are no more. And the flow of oil was stopped.
• 2 Kgs 4:12 : 12 And he said to Gehazi, his servant, Send for this Shunammite. So in answer to his voice she came before him.
• 2 Kgs 4:16-17 : 16 And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant. 17 Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as Elisha had said to her.
• 2 Kgs 5:14 : 14 Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.