The Meaning of 2 Kings 4:21 Explained

2 Kings 4:21

KJV: And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

YLT: And she goeth up, and layeth him on the bed of the man of God, and shutteth the door upon him, and goeth out,

Darby: And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

ASV: And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And she went up,  and laid  him on the bed  of the man  of God,  and shut  [the door] upon him, and went out. 

What does 2 Kings 4:21 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 4:21 mean?

And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut [the door] upon him and went out
וַתַּ֙עַל֙ וַתַּשְׁכִּבֵ֔הוּ עַל־ מִטַּ֖ת אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַתִּסְגֹּ֥ר בַּעֲד֖וֹ וַתֵּצֵֽא

וַתַּ֙עַל֙  And  she  went  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
וַתַּשְׁכִּבֵ֔הוּ  and  laid  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
מִטַּ֖ת  the  bed 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִטָּה  
Sense: couch, bed, bier.
אִ֣ישׁ  of  the  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים  of  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
וַתִּסְגֹּ֥ר  and  shut  [the  door] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: סָגוּר 
Sense: to shut, close.
בַּעֲד֖וֹ  upon  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: בַּעַד 
Sense: behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about.
וַתֵּצֵֽא  and  went  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.

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