The Meaning of 2 Kings 4:32 Explained

2 Kings 4:32

KJV: And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

YLT: And Elisha cometh in to the house, and lo, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,

Darby: And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

ASV: And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when Elisha  was come  into the house,  behold, the child  was dead,  [and] laid  upon his bed. 

What does 2 Kings 4:32 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 4:25-37 - The Dead Boy Restored To Life
There is fine illustration in this chapter of a noble reverence for goodness, of a good man's gratitude, and of the large reward that never fails those who deal kindly with God's children.
It is not enough to put the staff, even though it be the prophet's, on the cold, sweet face of a child. Our doctrine and precept may be quite good and straight, but something more is needed. There must be not a staff, not a servant, not an intermediary, but ourselves, our heart against the heart that is still, our lips against the dear, cold lips. It is as we give ourselves to the children, imparting our tenderest, strongest sympathy, that new life will come to them.
Walk to and fro in your house! Shut the door on yourself and the child! Pray to the Lord! Give yourself to the great work of saving the soul from death! Let the mother be praying in the room downstairs! Call to the little soul to awake and live. Your faith and prayer cannot fail of an answer. [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 4:32 mean?

And when came Elisha into the house and there was the child dead lying on his bed
וַיָּבֹ֥א אֱלִישָׁ֖ע הַבָּ֑יְתָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַנַּ֙עַר֙ מֵ֔ת מֻשְׁכָּ֖ב עַל־ מִטָּתֽוֹ

וַיָּבֹ֥א  And  when  came 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֱלִישָׁ֖ע  Elisha 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִישָׁע  
Sense: the great prophet who succeeded Elijah.
הַבָּ֑יְתָה  into  the  house 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וְהִנֵּ֤ה  and  there  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
הַנַּ֙עַר֙  the  child 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נַעַר  
Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
מֵ֔ת  dead 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
מֻשְׁכָּ֖ב  lying 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
מִטָּתֽוֹ  his  bed 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מִטָּה  
Sense: couch, bed, bier.

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