2 Kings 2:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּפְצְרוּ־ב֥וֹ עַד־בֹּ֖שׁ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁלָ֑חוּ וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ שְׁלֹשָֽׁה־יָמִ֖ים וְלֹ֥א מְצָאֻֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

And wayyipṣərû-in-him until-bōš, and wayyō'mer, šəlāḥû; and wayyišləḥû fifty 'îš, and wayəbaqšû šəlōšâ-yāmîm and-not məṣā'ûhû.

Grammar Details

*wayyipṣərû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural of *pāṣar* - and they urged/pressed
*bōš*: qal infinitive construct of *bûš* - being ashamed
*wayyō'mer*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular of *'āmar* - and he said
*šəlāḥû*: qal imperative masculine plural of *šālaḥ* - send
*wayyišləḥû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural of *šālaḥ* - and they sent
*'îš*: masculine singular noun - man/men (collective)
*wayəbaqšû*: waw-consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd masculine plural of *bāqaš* - and they sought
*šəlōšâ*: feminine numeral - three
*yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
*məṣā'ûhû*: qal perfect 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix of *māṣā'* - they found him

Word Meanings

*wayyipṣərû*-in-him until-*bōš*: they urged him until he was ashamed/they pressed him until embarrassment
*šəlāḥû*: send/send them
*šəlōšâ*-*yāmîm*: three days
*məṣā'ûhû*: they found him

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 8:11 : 11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
Luke 11:8 : 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Rom 10:2 : 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
2 Sam 18:22-23 : 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? 23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.

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