The Meaning of 2 Kings 4:36 Explained

2 Kings 4:36

KJV: And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.

YLT: And he calleth unto Gehazi, and saith, 'Call unto this Shunammite;' and he calleth her, and she cometh in unto him, and he saith, 'Lift up thy son.'

Darby: And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. And he called her; and she came to him. And he said, Take up thy son.

ASV: And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he called  Gehazi,  and said,  Call  this Shunammite.  So he called  her. And when she was come in  unto him, he said,  Take up  thy son. 

What does 2 Kings 4:36 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 4:36 mean?

And he called in unto Gehazi and said Call Call Shunammitess This so he called her and when she came in to him and he said Pick up your son
וַיִּקְרָ֣א אֶל־ גֵּיחֲזִ֗י וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ קְרָא֙ אֶל־ הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את וַיִּקְרָאֶ֖הָ וַתָּב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שְׂאִ֥י בְנֵֽךְ

וַיִּקְרָ֣א  And  he  called 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
אֶל־  in  unto 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
גֵּיחֲזִ֗י  Gehazi 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֵּיחֲזִי  
Sense: the servant of Elisha.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙  and  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
קְרָא֙  Call 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
אֶל־  Call 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֣ית  Shunammitess 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שׁוּנַמִּי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Shunem.
הַזֹּ֔את  This 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
וַיִּקְרָאֶ֖הָ  so  he  called  her 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
וַתָּב֣וֹא  and  when  she  came  in 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֵלָ֑יו  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר  and  he  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
שְׂאִ֥י  Pick  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, feminine singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
בְנֵֽךְ  your  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.

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