2nd Kings 1:14
Lo! fire came down from heaven, and devoured twain or two, the first two princes of fifty men, and the fifty men that were with them; but now, I beseech, that thou have mercy on my life.This verse in the real world
In what words
- יָקַרyâqarproperly, apparently, to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) valuable; causatively, to make rare
- חֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîymfifty
- רִאשׁוֹןriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
- אֵשׁʼêshfire (literally or figuratively)
- יָרַדyâradto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore,
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- שַׂרsara head person (of any rank or class)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Act 20:24, Pro 6:26, Psa 72:14, 1Sa 26:21, Psa 116:15, 1Sa 26:24, Psa 49:8, 2Ki 1:10–11