2 Kings 4:8

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And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

In other translations

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.

Hebrew words

וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961הַיּוֹםhaiyomthe dayH3117וַיַּעֲבֹרvaiya'avorand he passed onH5674אֱלִישָׁע'elisha'ElishaH477אֶל־'el-toH413שׁוּנֵםshunemShunemH7766וְשָׁםveshamand [was] thereH8033אִשָּׁה'ishaha womanH802גְדוֹלָהgedolahgreatH1419וַתַּחֲזֶק־vatachazek-and she urgedH2388בּוֹbo<on> himלֶאֱכָל־le'ekhol-to eatH398לָחֶםlachemfoodH3899וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961מִדֵּיmideias often asH1767עָבְרוֹaveropassed by heH5674יָסֻרyasurhe turned asideH5493שָׁמָּהshamahthere towardsH8033לֶאֱכָל־le'ekhol-to eatH398לָחֶם׃lachemfoodH3899

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

People: Elisha

Places: Shunem

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