2 Kings 5:14

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in 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 shall return to the days of his youth:
• Luke 4:27 : 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
• 2 Kgs 5:10 : 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
• Luke 5:13 : 13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately 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 peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Heb 11:7-8 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; 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 just man, and he will increase in learning.
• Prov 25:11-12 : 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reover upon an obedient ear.
• Ezek 47:1-9 : 1 Afterward he brought me again 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 stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. 2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. 6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at 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 out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither 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 be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder 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 the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
• Job 31:13 : 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;