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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֗יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2הֵ֣מָּהH1992they (only used when emphatic)
3הָלוֹךְ֙H1980And it came to pass as they stillto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
4הָלוֹךְ֙H1980And it came to pass as they stillto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
5וְדַבֵּ֔רH1696and talkedperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
6וְהִנֵּ֤הH2009lo!
7רֶֽכֶבH7393that behold there appeared a chariota vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone
8אֵ֔שׁH784of firefire (literally or figuratively)
9וְס֣וּסֵיH5483and horsesa horse (as leaping)
10אֵ֔שׁH784of firefire (literally or figuratively)
11וַיַּפְרִ֖דוּH6504and partedto break through, i.e., spread or separate (oneself)
12בֵּ֣יןH996asunderbetween (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
13שְׁנֵיהֶ֑םH8147them bothtwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
14וַיַּ֙עַל֙H5927went upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
15אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּH452and Elijahelijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
16בַּֽסְּעָרָ֖הH5591by a whirlwinda hurricane
17הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃H8064into heaventhe 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

2 Kings 2:10And he said a hard thing Thou hast asked nevertheless if thou see ...
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
2 Kings 2:12And Elisha saw it and he cried My father My father...

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