The Meaning of 2 Kings 4:19 Explained

2 Kings 4:19

KJV: And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

YLT: and he saith unto his father, 'My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, 'Bear him unto his mother;'

Darby: And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.

ASV: And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he said  unto his father,  My head,  my head.  And he said  to a lad,  Carry  him to his mother. 

What does 2 Kings 4:19 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 4:8-24 - Entertaining A Prophet
The real man needs a very small supply of outward comfort, because his life is hid in God. It does not consist in the abundance of things that he possesses, but in faith, love, and hope. What a noble testimony it would be to our character, if people who saw us going to and fro became convinced that "this is an holy man of God," 2 Kings 4:9!
Sunstroke in the tropics is a frequent cause of death, Psalms 121:6. When a child is taken sick, it is the mother who is the best comforter; but there are limits to a mother's power to help. This woman of Shunem must be referred to in Hebrews 11:35. She was so sure of the life-restoring prayers of the great prophet that she did not feel it necessary to tell her husband what had befallen. Why should she grieve him, when the child would soon be given back to them! In noble confidence she dared to say that all would be well, and God did not disappoint nor fail. Shunem was fifteen miles from Carmel, and there was not an inch of the road which was not covered by the mother's splendid faith that God would make all-grace abound toward her. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 4

1  Elisha multiplies the widow's oil
8  He obtains a son for the good Shunammite
18  He restores her son when dead
38  At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage
42  He satisfies a hundred men with twenty loaves

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 4:19 mean?

And he said to his father My head my head So he said a servant Carry him his mother
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֶל־ אָבִ֖יו רֹאשִׁ֣י ׀ רֹאשִׁ֑י וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַנַּ֔עַר שָׂאֵ֖הוּ אִמּֽוֹ

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר  And  he  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אָבִ֖יו  his  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
רֹאשִׁ֣י ׀  My  head 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
רֹאשִׁ֑י  my  head 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙  So  he  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַנַּ֔עַר  a  servant 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַעַר  
Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
שָׂאֵ֖הוּ  Carry  him 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
אִמּֽוֹ  his  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.

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