Hebrew Interlinear

2 Kings 2:12 Interlinear

And Elisha saw it and he cried My father My father the chariot of Israel and the horsemen saw him no more and he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וֶֽאֱלִישָׁ֣עH477And Elishaelisha, the famous prophet
2רָאָ֖הוּH7200sawto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
3וְה֤וּאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
4מְצַעֵק֙H6817it and he criedto shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
5אָבִ֗יH1My fatherfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
6אָבִ֗יH1My fatherfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
7רֶ֤כֶבH7393the chariota vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone
8יִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
9וּפָ֣רָשָׁ֔יוH6571and the horsemena steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e., (collectively) cavalry
10וְלֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
11רָאָ֖הוּH7200sawto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
12ע֑וֹדH5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
13וַֽיַּחֲזֵק֙H2388him no more and he took holdto fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
14בִּבְגָדָ֔יוH899of his own clothesa covering, i.e., clothing
15וַיִּקְרָעֵ֖םH7167and rentto rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
16לִשְׁנַ֥יִםH8147them in twotwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
17קְרָעִֽים׃H7168piecesa rag

Verse Context

2 Kings 2:11 And it came to pass as they still And it came to pass as they still and talked ...
2 Kings 2:12 (current)And Elisha saw it and he cried My father My father the chariot of Israel and the horsemen saw him no more and he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces
2 Kings 2:13He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell...

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