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2 Kings 2:24
“And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6437 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּ֤פֶן — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 135 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:22Genesis 24:31Genesis 24:49Genesis 24:63Exodus 2:12
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 פָּנָה 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.