2 Kings 6:7

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

He said, Take it up to you. So he put out his hand, and took it.

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הָ֣רֶם

rûwm

H7311

“rise”

Verb, Hiphil, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular

Appears 193× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 7:17

Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 2133

to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted - (Qal) - to be high, be set on high - to be raised, be uplifted, be exalted - to be lifted, rise - (Polel) - to raise or rear (children), cause to grow up - to lift up, raise, exalt - to exalt, extol - (Polal) to be lifted up - (Hiphil) - to raise, lift, lift up, take up, set up, erect, exalt, set on high - to lift up (and take away), remove - to lift off and present, contribute, offer, contribute - (Hophal) to be taken off, be abolished - (Hithpolel) to exalt oneself, magnify oneself - (Qal) to be rotten, be wormy

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

6: words
5: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Grammatical profile

4 verbs
1 noun
1 preposition

Verb forms

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר Qal · Sequential Imperfect
הָ֣רֶם Hiphil · Imperative
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח Qal · Sequential Imperfect
וַיִּקָּחֵֽהוּ Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 16 words from the Hebrew and 17 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to 2 Kings 6:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

2 Kings 4:36 He called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. When she was come in to him, he said, Take up your son.
Exodus 4:4 Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail." He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.
2 Kings 4:7 Then she came and told the man of God. He said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and live you and your sons of the rest.
Luke 7:15 He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Acts 9:41 He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Kings 6:7 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הָ֣רֶם לָ֑ךְ וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח יָד֖וֹ וַיִּקָּחֵֽהוּ

He said, Take it up to you. So he put out his hand, and took it.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Kings 6:7 Septuagint · lemma form

καί εἶπον ὑψόω σεαυτοῦ καί ἐκτείνω ὁ χείρ αὐτός καί λαμβάνω αὐτός

And he said, Take it up to yourself. And he stretched out his hand, and took it.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

וַאֲמַר טוּל לָךְ וְאוֹשִׁיט יְדֵיהּ וְנַסְבֵיהּ:

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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on 2 Kings 6:7 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ki 6:7 Therefore said he, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

Ver. 7. And he put out his hand, and took it.] As it came swimming toward him, for the greater evidence of the miracle.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(7) Therefore.—And he said.

(8–23) Elisha baffles several predatory attempts of the Syrians, and strikes with blindness those sent to seize him.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

7. Therefore said he] R.V. And he said. The conjunction is the simple copulative, and nothing more is needed in the English.

he put out his hand, and took it] Elisha here wrought, as on previous occasions, for the help of the sons of the prophets. Now however his power is exercised for an individual, while in the other cases recorded, it was for the benefit of the whole society. Critics have objected that there is no adequate reason for the exercise of supernatural power, but the loser of the axe was sorely troubled ere he came to Elisha, as his cry ‘Alas! master’ shews. There was no chance of supplying what was lost except with some miles of journey, and perhaps poverty was an obstacle too. Beside which the whole community would be encouraged, when by this act Elisha made clear to them that they had God’s blessing on their new undertaking.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel,.... Proclaimed war against him; on what account, or how long it was after Naaman his general came with a letter of recommendation from him to the king of Israel, and had his cure, is not said:

and took counsel with his servants; his privy counsellors, or the general officers of his army:

saying, in such and such a place shall be my camp; in some covered hidden place, as the Targum; where he would lie encamped waiting in ambush, to fall upon the king of Israel unawares, as he and his forces should pass that way; the place, no doubt, was named by the king of Syria, though not recorded by the historian; or, as the words may be rendered:

the place of such and such a man; for, as Ben Melech observes, "peloni almoni" are used of persons whose names are either unknown or concealed.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. Elisha does not take the axe-head out of the water himself, but requires the scholar to do it, in order to test his faith. He must show that he Believes the miracle, and regards the iron as really floating on the top of the water, not as merely appearing to dose.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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2 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 6 words (5 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is rûwm (“to rise”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “to rise” (rûwm) shape what this verse is saying?
How does 2 Kings 4:36, which shares this passage’s theme, read alongside this verse?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
«וַיֹּ֖אמֶר» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
5 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.