2 Kings 5:12
Aren’t Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.This verse in the real world
In what words
- פַּרְפַּרParparParpar, a river of Syria
- אֲבָנָהʼĂbânâhAbanah, a river near Damascus
- אֲמָנָהʼĂmânâhAmanah, a mountain near Damascus
- דַּמֶּשֶׂקDammeseqDamascus, a city of Syria
- טָהֵרṭâhêrto be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, in
- רָחַץrâchatsto lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
- נָהָרnâhâra stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosper
- חֵמָהchêmâhheat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
+5 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mrk 1:9, Jos 3:15–17, 2Ki 5:17, 2Ki 2:8, Ezk 47:1–8, Pro 19:11, Zec 13:1, 2Ki 2:14