2 Kings 4:42
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
376 [e]וְאִ֨ישׁ
wə-’îš
And a manConj-w | N-ms
935 [e]בָּ֜א
cameV-Qal-Perf-3ms
  מִבַּ֣עַל
mib-ba-‘al
fromPrep
1190 [e]שָׁלִ֗שָׁה
šā-li-šāh,
Baal ShalishaPrep | N-proper-fs
935 [e]וַיָּבֵא֩
way-yā-ḇê
and broughtConj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms
376 [e]לְאִ֨ישׁ
lə-’îš
the manPrep-l | N-msc
430 [e]הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים
hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm
of GodArt | N-mp
3899 [e]לֶ֤חֶם
le-ḥem
breadN-msc
1061 [e]בִּכּוּרִים֙
bik-kū-rîm
of the firstfruitsN-mp
6242 [e]עֶשְׂרִֽים־
‘eś-rîm-
twentyNumber-cp
3899 [e]לֶ֣חֶם
le-ḥem
loavesN-msc
8184 [e]שְׂעֹרִ֔ים
śə-‘ō-rîm,
of barley breadN-fp
3759 [e]וְכַרְמֶ֖ל
wə-ḵar-mel
and newly ripened grainConj-w | N-ms
6861 [e]בְּצִקְלֹנ֑וֹ
bə-ṣiq-lō-nōw;
in his knapsackPrep-b | N-msc | 3ms
559 [e]וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
way-yō-mer
and he saidConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
5414 [e]תֵּ֥ן
tên
Give [it]V-Qal-Imp-ms
5971 [e]לָעָ֖ם
lā-‘ām
to the peoplePrep-l, Art | N-ms
398 [e]וְיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃
wə-yō-ḵê-lū.
that they may eatConj-w | V-Qal-ConjImperf-3mp





















Hebrew Texts
מלכים ב 4:42 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְאִ֨ישׁ בָּ֜א מִבַּ֣עַל שָׁלִ֗שָׁה וַיָּבֵא֩ לְאִ֨ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לֶ֤חֶם בִּכּוּרִים֙ עֶשְׂרִֽים־לֶ֣חֶם שְׂעֹרִ֔ים וְכַרְמֶ֖ל בְּצִקְלֹנֹ֑ו וַיֹּ֕אמֶר תֵּ֥ן לָעָ֖ם וְיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

מלכים ב 4:42 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
ואיש בא מבעל שלשה ויבא לאיש האלהים לחם בכורים עשרים־לחם שערים וכרמל בצקלנו ויאמר תן לעם ויאכלו׃

מלכים ב 4:42 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
ואיש בא מבעל שלשה ויבא לאיש האלהים לחם בכורים עשרים־לחם שערים וכרמל בצקלנו ויאמר תן לעם ויאכלו׃

מלכים ב 4:42 Hebrew Bible
ואיש בא מבעל שלשה ויבא לאיש האלהים לחם בכורים עשרים לחם שערים וכרמל בצקלנו ויאמר תן לעם ויאכלו׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, "Give them to the people that they may eat."

King James Bible
And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with his sack full of 20 loaves of barley bread from the first bread of the harvest. Elisha said, "Give it to the people to eat."
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Baal-shalisha

1 Samuel 9:4,7 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land …

bread

2 Kings 4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; …

Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which …

Deuteronomy 12:6 And thither you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, …

Deuteronomy 26:2-10 That you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which …

1 Samuel 9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall …

2 Chronicles 11:13,14 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted …

Proverbs 3:9,10 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the first fruits of …

1 Corinthians 9:11 If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we …

Galatians 6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teaches …

of barley

2 Kings 7:1,16-18 Then Elisha said, Hear you the word of the LORD; Thus said the LORD…

Deuteronomy 8:8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; …

Deuteronomy 32:14 Butter of cows, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of …

John 6:9,13 There is a lad here, which has five barley loaves, and two small …

the husk thereof. or, his scrip, or garment. Note: Parched corn, or corn to be parched; full ears before they are ripe, parched on the fire: a very frequent food in the East. The loaves were probably extremely small, as their loaves of bread still are in eastern countries. But small as this may appear, it would be a considerable present in the time of famine; though very inadequate to the number of persons.

Baal-shalisha, of which the person who made this seasonable present was an inhabitant, was situated, according to Eusebius and Jerome, fifteen miles north of Diospolis, or Lydda.

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