2 Kings 4:42

KJV1611 – Modern English

And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk of it. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִ֨ישׁ בָּ֜א מִבַּ֣עַל שָׁלִ֗שָׁה וַיָּבֵא֩ לְאִ֨ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לֶ֤חֶם בִּכּוּרִים֙ עֶשְׂרִֽים־לֶ֣חֶם שְׂעֹרִ֔ים וְכַרְמֶ֖ל בְּצִקְלֹנ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר תֵּ֥ן לָעָ֖ם וְיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

And ʾîš bāʾ from-baʿal šālišâ and yābēʾ to-ʾîš the ʾĕlōhîm leḥem bikkûrîm twenty-leḥem śəʿōrîm and karmel in-ṣiqlōnô and yōʾmer tēn to-the ʿām and yōʾkēlû

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾîš*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and a man
• *bāʾ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - came
• *mi-baʿal šālišâ*: preposition + proper noun - from Baal-shalishah
• *wə-yābēʾ*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he brought
• *lə-ʾîš*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - to man of
• *hā-ʾĕlōhîm*: definite article + noun masculine plural - the God
• *leḥem*: noun masculine singular construct - bread of
• *bikkûrîm*: noun masculine plural - firstfruits
• *ʿeśrîm-leḥem*: numeral + noun masculine singular - twenty loaves
• *śəʿōrîm*: noun feminine plural - barley
• *wə-karmel*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and fresh grain/garden produce
• *bə-ṣiqlōnô*: preposition + noun masculine singular + possessive suffix 3rd masculine singular - in his sack
• *wə-yōʾmer*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he said
• *tēn*: qal imperative masculine singular - give
• *lā-ʿām*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - to the people
• *wə-yōʾkēlû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural jussive - and let them eat

Word Meanings

• *baʿal šālišâ*: place name - Baal-shalishah
• *bikkûrîm*: firstfruits/early ripe grain
• *karmel*: fresh grain/garden produce/fresh ears of grain
• *ṣiqlōn*: sack/bag

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing bread of the firstfruits—twenty loaves of barley bread and fresh grain in his sack. Elisha said, 'Give it to the people to eat.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  There came a man from Baal Salisa, & broughte the man of God bred of the first frutes, namely twentye barlye loaues, & new corne in his garment. But he sayde: Geue it vnto ye people, that they maye eate.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then came a man from Baal-shalisha, & brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, euen twenty loaues of barley, and full eares of corne in the huske; hee saide, Giue vnto the people, that they may eate.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  There came a man from Baal Salisa, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruites, euen twentie loaues of barlye, & full eares of corne in the huske: And he said, Geue vnto the people, that they may eate.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There came a man from Baal Shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, Give to the people, that they may eat.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And a man hath come from Baal-Shalishah, and bringeth in to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in its husk, and he saith, `Give to the people, and they eat.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food.

• World English Bible (2000)

  A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet– twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said,“Set it before the people so they may eat.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 9:7 : 7 Then said Saul to his servant, But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is gone from our vessels, and there is no present to bring to the man of God: what do we have?
• 1 Sam 9:4 : 4 And he passed through the mountains of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and they were not there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them.
• John 6:9 : 9 There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish: but what are they among so many?
• John 6:13 : 13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which were left over after those who had eaten.
• 1 Cor 9:11 : 11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?
• Gal 6:6 : 6 Let him who is taught in the word share with him who teaches in all good things.
• Exod 23:16 : 16 and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors from the field.
• Deut 8:8 : 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil, and honey;
• Deut 12:6 : 6 And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks:
• Deut 26:2-9 : 2 That you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which you shall bring of your land that the LORD your God gives you, and shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name there. 3 And you shall go to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him, I declare this day to the LORD my God, that I have come to the country which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us. 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God. 5 And you shall speak and say before the LORD your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: 6 And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: 7 And when we cried to the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression: 8 And the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: 9 And he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, even a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which you, O LORD, have given me. And you shall set it before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God:
• Deut 32:14 : 14 Butter of cattle, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and you drank the pure blood of the grape.
• 2 Kgs 4:38 : 38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
• 2 Kgs 7:1 : 1 Then Elisha said, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
• 2 Kgs 7:16-18 : 16 And the people went out, and looted the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate: and the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
• 2 Chr 11:13-14 : 13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him from all their territories. 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and possessions, and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from executing the priest's office to the LORD.
• Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase: 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
• Matt 14:16-21 : 16 But Jesus said to them, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat. 17 And they said to him, We have here only five loaves and two fish. 18 He said, Bring them here to me. 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitude. 20 And they all ate and were filled: and they took up twelve baskets full of the leftover fragments. 21 And those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
• Matt 15:32-38 : 32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint on the way. 33 And his disciples said to him, Where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 34 And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fish. 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And he took the seven loaves and the fish, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 37 And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets full. 38 And those that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.