King James Version
2 Kings 4:37 in the King James Version says “Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.”
2 Kings 4:37 · KJV
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro ; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. to and fro: Heb. once hither and once thither
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and fell”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“at his feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“and bowed”
H7812to depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)
“and took up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“her son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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