2 Kings 6:2
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Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
In other translations
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.
Hebrew words
נֵלְכָה־nelekhah-let us goH1980נָּאna'pleaseH4994עַד־'ad-toH5704הַיַּרְדֵּןhaiyardenthe JordanH3383וְנִקְחָהvenikchahand let us takeH3947מִשָּׁםmishamfrom thereH8033אִישׁ'isheachH376קוֹרָהkoraha beamH6982אֶחָת'echatoneH259וְנַעֲשֶׂה־vena'aseh-and let us makeH6213לָּנוּlanufor ourselvesשָׁםshamthereH8033מָקוֹםmakoma placeH4725לָשֶׁבֶתlashevetto dwellH3427שָׁםshamthereH8033וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לֵכוּ׃lekhugoH1980
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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People and places
Places: Jordan