2 Kings 4:41

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ וּקְחוּ־קֶ֔מַח וַיַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ אֶל־הַסִּ֑יר וַיֹּ֗אמֶר צַ֤ק לָעָם֙ וְיֹאכֵ֔לוּ וְלֹ֥א הָיָ֛ה דָּבָ֥ר רָ֖ע בַּסִּֽיר׃ ס

Transliteration

And yōʾmer and get-qemaḥ and yašlēḵ into-the sîr and yōʾmer ṣaq for-the ʿām and yōʾkēlû and not hāyâ dābār rāʿ in-the sîr

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he said
*û-qəḥû*: conjunction + qal imperative masculine plural - and bring/take
*qemaḥ*: noun masculine singular - flour/meal
*wə-yašlēḵ*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he threw/cast
*ʾel-ha-sîr*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - into the pot
*ṣaq*: qal imperative masculine singular - pour out
*lā-ʿām*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - for the people
*wə-yōʾkēlû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural jussive - and let them eat
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*hāyâ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - there was
*dābār*: noun masculine singular - thing/matter
*rāʿ*: adjective masculine singular - bad/evil/harmful
*ba-sîr*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - in the pot
*s*: setumah - paragraph marker

Word Meanings

*qemaḥ*: flour/meal
*yašlēḵ*: threw/cast/flung
*dābār rāʿ*: harmful thing/evil matter

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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:25 : 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
2 Kgs 2:21 : 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
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.
2 Kgs 6:6 : 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
John 9:6 : 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
Acts 28:5 : 5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
1 Cor 1:25 : 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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