Hebrew Interlinear

2 Kings 4:40 Interlinear

So they poured out O thou man And it came to pass as they were eating And it came to pass as they were eating of the pottage that they cried out and said there is death in the pot O thou man of God And they could And it came to pass as they were eating

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּֽצְק֥וּH3332So they poured outproperly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
2אִ֣ישׁH376O thou mana 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)
3לֶֽאֱכֹֽל׃H398And it came to pass as they were eatingto eat (literally or figuratively)
4וַ֠יְהִיH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
5לֶֽאֱכֹֽל׃H398And it came to pass as they were eatingto eat (literally or figuratively)
6מֵֽהַנָּזִ֜ידH5138of the pottagesomething boiled, i.e., soup
7וְהֵ֣מָּהH1992they (only used when emphatic)
8צָעָ֗קוּH6817that they cried outto shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
9וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙H559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
10מָ֤וֶתH4194there is deathdeath (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
11בַּסִּיר֙H5518in the pota thorn (as springing up rapidly); by implication, a hook
12אִ֣ישׁH376O thou mana 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)
13הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430of Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
14וְלֹ֥אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
15יָֽכְל֖וּH3201And they couldto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
16לֶֽאֱכֹֽל׃H398And it came to pass as they were eatingto eat (literally or figuratively)

Verse Context

2 Kings 4:39went out And one a wild and gathered herbs...
2 Kings 4:40 (current)So they poured out O thou man And it came to pass as they were eating And it came to pass as they were eating of the pottage that they cried out and said there is death in the pot O thou man of God And they could And it came to pass as they were eating
2 Kings 4:41But he said Then bring meal And he cast in the pot...

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