2 Kings 7:2
And the captain whom the king hath, by whose hand he hath been supported, answereth the man of God and saith, 'Lo, Jehovah is making windows in the heavens — shall this thing be?' and he saith, 'Lo, thou art seeing it with thine eyes, and thereof thou dost not eat.'This verse in the real world
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- אֲרֻבָּהʼărubbâha lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with
- שָׁלִישׁshâlîysha triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather threestringed lute)
- שָׁעַןshâʻanto support one's self
- עָנָהʻânâhproperly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; b
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- אָכַלʼâkalto eat (literally or figuratively)
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gen 18:12–14, Gen 7:11, Mal 3:10, 2Ti 2:13, Rom 3:3, Psa 78:41, 2Ch 20:20, Psa 78:19–21