King James Version
2 Kings 4:30 in the King James Version says “And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and f...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.”
2 Kings 4:30 · KJV
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. hearing: Heb. attention
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the mother”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
“of the child”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“liveth”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“As the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“liveth”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“and as thy soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“thee And he arose”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
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