2 Kings 3:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט הַאֵ֨ין פֹּ֤ה נָבִיא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְנִדְרְשָׁ֥ה אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה מֵאוֹת֑וֹ וַ֠יַּעַן אֶחָ֞ד מֵעַבְדֵ֤י מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר פֹּ֚ה אֱלִישָׁ֣ע בֶּן־שָׁפָ֔ט אֲשֶׁר־יָ֥צַק מַ֖יִם עַל־יְדֵ֥י אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer Yĕhôšāpāṭ, ha-ʾên here nābîʾ to-YHWH wĕ-nidrĕšāh ʾet-YHWH from-him? wa-yaʿan one from-servants-of king-of-Yiśrāʾēl wa-yōʾmer, here ʾĔlîšāʿ son-of-Šāpāṭ who-yāṣaq water upon-hands-of ʾĒlîyāhû.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *Yĕhôšāpāṭ*: proper name - Jehoshaphat
• *ha-ʾên*: interrogative particle + adverb - is there not?
• *nābîʾ*: masculine singular noun - prophet
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *wĕ-nidrĕšāh*: conjunction + qal imperfect cohortative, 1st common plural - that we may inquire of
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *wa-yaʿan*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he answered
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - Israel
• *ʾĔlîšāʿ*: proper name - Elisha
• *Šāpāṭ*: proper name - Shaphat
• *yāṣaq*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he poured
• *ʾĒlîyāhû*: proper name - Elijah

Word Meanings

• *ha-ʾên*: is there not/isn't there
• *nābîʾ*: prophet/spokesman
• *wĕ-nidrĕšāh*: let us inquire of/consult
• *yāṣaq*: poured/used to pour/served

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 22:7 : 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
• 1 Kgs 19:21 : 21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
• John 13:4-5 : 4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. 5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
• John 13:13-14 : 13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
• Phil 2:22 : 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
• 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
• Gen 18:4 : 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
• Josh 1:1 : 1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
• Josh 9:14 : 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
• Judg 20:8-9 : 8 And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. 9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; 10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
• Judg 20:18 : 18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
• Judg 20:23 : 23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
• Judg 20:26-28 : 26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 27 And the children of Israel enquired of the LORD,(for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
• 2 Kgs 2:25-3:1 : 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. 1 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
• 2 Kgs 3:3 : 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
• 1 Chr 10:13 : 13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
• 1 Chr 14:10 : 10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
• 1 Chr 14:14 : 14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
• 1 Chr 15:13 : 13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
• Ps 74:9 : 9 We see{H8804)} not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth{H8802)} how long.
• Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
• Luke 22:26-27 : 26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.