Hebrew Interlinear
2 Kings 2:11 Interlinear
“ And it came to pass as they still And it came to pass as they still and talked that behold there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire and parted asunder them both went up and Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven”
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 | הֵ֣מָּה | H1992 | they (only used when emphatic) | |
| 3 | הָלוֹךְ֙ | H1980 | And it came to pass as they still | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 4 | הָלוֹךְ֙ | H1980 | And it came to pass as they still | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) |
| 5 | וְדַבֵּ֔ר | H1696 | and talked | perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
| 6 | וְהִנֵּ֤ה | H2009 | lo! | |
| 7 | רֶֽכֶב | H7393 | that behold there appeared a chariot | a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone |
| 8 | אֵ֔שׁ | H784 | of fire | fire (literally or figuratively) |
| 9 | וְס֣וּסֵי | H5483 | and horses | a horse (as leaping) |
| 10 | אֵ֔שׁ | H784 | of fire | fire (literally or figuratively) |
| 11 | וַיַּפְרִ֖דוּ | H6504 | and parted | to break through, i.e., spread or separate (oneself) |
| 12 | בֵּ֣ין | H996 | asunder | between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or |
| 13 | שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם | H8147 | them both | two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
| 14 | וַיַּ֙עַל֙ | H5927 | went up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 15 | אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ | H452 | and Elijah | elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites |
| 16 | בַּֽסְּעָרָ֖ה | H5591 | by a whirlwind | a hurricane |
| 17 | הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 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 |
Verse Context
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2 Kings 2:11 (current) And it came to pass as they still And it came to pass as they still and talked that behold there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire and parted asunder them both went up and Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven
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