What Does 2 Kings 2:9 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“And it came to pass when they were gone over”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in

“that Elijah”

elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“from thee And Elisha”

elisha, the famous prophet

“Ask”

to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

“what I shall do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before

“for thee before I be taken away”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“from thee And Elisha”

elisha, the famous prophet

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

“portion”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos

“I pray thee let a double”

two; also (as ordinal) twofold

“of thy spirit”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

near, with or among; often in general, to