Hebrew Interlinear

2 Kings 2:19 Interlinear

said of the city unto Elisha Behold I pray thee the situation of the city is pleasant as my lord seeth but the water is naught and the ground barren

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אַנְשֵׁ֤יH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
3הָעִיר֙H5892of the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
4אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
5אֱלִישָׁ֔עH477unto Elishaelisha, the famous prophet
6הִנֵּהH2009lo!
7נָ֞אH4994'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
8מוֹשַׁ֤בH4186Behold I pray thee the situationa seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
9הָעִיר֙H5892of the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
10ט֔וֹבH2896is pleasantgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
11כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
12אֲדֹנִ֖יH113as my lordsovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)
13רֹאֶ֑הH7200seethto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
14וְהַמַּ֥יִםH4325but the waterwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
15רָעִ֖יםH7451is naughtbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
16וְהָאָ֥רֶץH776and the groundthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
17מְשַׁכָּֽלֶת׃H7921barrenproperly, to miscarry, i.e., suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)

Verse Context

2 Kings 2:18And when they came again to him (for he tarried at Jericho he said...
2 Kings 2:19 (current)said of the city unto Elisha Behold I pray thee the situation of the city is pleasant as my lord seeth but the water is naught and the ground barren
2 Kings 2:20And he said Bring cruse me a new and put...

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