Original Language Studio
2 Kings 2:12
“And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H477 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Elisha, the famous prophet
- Derivation
- contracted for H474 (אֱלִישׁוּעַ).;
- KJV renderings
- Elisha.
- Grammar
- וֶ — conjunction
- אֱלִישָׁ֣ע — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 58 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 19:161 Kings 19:171 Kings 19:192 Kings 2:12 Kings 2:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֱלִישָׁע here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.