Hebrew Interlinear

2 Kings 2:1 Interlinear

“ would take up And it came to pass when the LORD Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven Elijah with Elisha from Gilgal”

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2 Kings 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִ֗י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	בְּהַֽעֲל֤וֹת	H5927	would take up	to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
3	יְהוָה֙	H3068	And it came to pass when the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
4	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5	אֵֽלִיָּ֛הוּ	H452	Elijah	elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
6	בַּֽסְעָרָ֖ה	H5591	by a whirlwind	a hurricane
7	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	H8064	into heaven	the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
8	וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ	H1980		to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
9	אֵֽלִיָּ֛הוּ	H452	Elijah	elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
10	וֶֽאֱלִישָׁ֖ע	H477	with Elisha	elisha, the famous prophet
11	מִן	H4480		properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
12	הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃	H1537	from Gilgal	gilgal, the name of three places in palestine

2 Kings 2:1 (current) would take up And it came to pass when the LORD Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven Elijah with Elisha from Gilgal