Hebrew Interlinear

2 Kings 2:8 Interlinear

took And Elijah his mantle and wrapped it together and smote the waters and they were divided went over hither and thither so that they two on dry

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּקַּח֩H3947tookto take (in the widest variety of applications)
2אֵֽלִיָּ֨הוּH452And Elijahelijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4אַדַּרְתּ֤וֹH155his mantlesomething ample (as a large vine, a wide dress)
5וַיִּגְלֹם֙H1563and wrapped it togetherto fold
6וַיַּכֶּ֣הH5221and smoteto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
7אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8הַמַּ֔יִםH4325the waterswater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
9וַיֵּֽחָצ֖וּH2673and they were dividedto cut or split in two; to halve
10הֵ֣נָּהH2008hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
11וָהֵ֑נָּהH2008hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
12וַיַּֽעַבְר֥וּH5674went overto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
13שְׁנֵיהֶ֖םH8147hither and thither so that they twotwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
14בֶּחָֽרָבָֽה׃H2724on drya desert

Verse Context

2 Kings 2:7And fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood...
2 Kings 2:8 (current)took And Elijah his mantle and wrapped it together and smote the waters and they were divided went over hither and thither so that they two on dry
2 Kings 2:9 And it came to pass when they were gone over that Elijah said from thee And Elisha...

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