2 Kings 2:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָעִיר֙ אֶל־אֱלִישָׁ֔ע הִנֵּה־נָ֞א מוֹשַׁ֤ב הָעִיר֙ ט֔וֹב כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲדֹנִ֖י רֹאֶ֑ה וְהַמַּ֥יִם רָעִ֖ים וְהָאָ֥רֶץ מְשַׁכָּֽלֶת׃

Transliteration

And wayyō'mərû 'anšê the-'îr to-'ĕlîšā', hinnēh-nā' môšab the-'îr ṭôb, as 'ădōnî rō'eh; but-the-mayim rā'îm and-the-'āreṣ məšakkālet.

Grammar Details

*wayyō'mərû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural of *'āmar* - and they said
*'anšê*: masculine plural construct of *'îš* - men of
*'îr*: feminine singular noun - city
*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
*nā'*: particle of entreaty - please/now
*môšab*: masculine singular noun - site/location/dwelling
*ṭôb*: masculine singular adjective - good/pleasant
*'ădōnî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my lord
*rō'eh*: qal participle masculine singular of *rā'â* - seeing
*mayim*: masculine plural noun - waters
*rā'îm*: masculine plural adjective - bad/evil
*'āreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land/earth
*məšakkālet*: piel participle feminine singular of *šākōl* - causing bereavement/miscarrying

Word Meanings

*hinnēh*-*nā'*: behold please/look now
*môšab* the-*'îr*: the situation of the city/location of the town
*ṭôb*: good/pleasant/favorable
*ka'ăšer* *'ădōnî* *rō'eh*: as my lord sees/as my master can observe
*mayim* *rā'îm*: bad waters/harmful water
*'āreṣ* *məšakkālet*: land causing miscarriage/soil causing bereavement

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Referenced Verses

Exod 7:19 : 19 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
Exod 15:23 : 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Exod 23:26 : 26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
Num 12:11 : 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
Deut 28:2-4 : 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deut 28:11 : 11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Deut 28:15-18 : 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Josh 6:17 : 17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
Josh 6:26 : 26 And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
1 Kgs 16:34 : 34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
1 Kgs 18:7 : 7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
1 Kgs 18:13 : 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Hos 9:14 : 14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
1 Tim 5:17 : 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

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