II Kings 4

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Section: נביאים · נביאים ראשונים | Book: II Kings | Chapter: 4 of 25 | Day: 126 of 742

Date: June 17, 2026

קלאוד על הנ״ך

Chapter 4 of Melachim Bet gathers four miracle narratives around the figure of Elisha: the multiplication of the widow’s oil (verses 1-7), the extended story of the Shunamite woman and the revival of her son (verses 8-37), the neutralizing of the poisoned stew at Gilgal (verses 38-41), and the feeding of a hundred men from twenty barley loaves (verses 42-44). The arrangement is deliberate. Elisha had asked of his master ‘a double portion of your spirit’ (pi shnayim, פי שניים, II Kings 2:9), and this chapter answers that request in narrative form: where Eliyahu sustained one widow with a jar of oil and revived one child (I Kings 17), Elisha performs both wonders on a grander scale, then adds two miracles of public sustenance. The chapter thus establishes Elisha not merely as Eliyahu’s successor but as a prophet whose characteristic mode is chesed — meeting hunger, debt, bereavement, and famine with divine abundance.

The opening episode is brief but charged. A widow of one of the disciples of the prophets (bnei ha-nevi’im, בני הנביאים) cries out that a creditor is coming to seize her two sons as slaves. Rashi, following Midrash Tanchuma, identifies her as the wife of Ovadyah — the official who hid a hundred prophets from Izevel (I Kings 18:4) — and the creditor as Yehoram son of Achav, who had lent Ovadyah money at interest to feed those very prophets. On this reading the episode carries a bitter irony: the household impoverished by saving prophets is rescued by a prophet. The mechanics of the miracle are instructive. Elisha builds on what she has — ‘a jug of oil’ (asukh shamen, אסוך שמן) — and instructs her to shut the door, for, as Rashi comments on verse 4, it is the honor of a miracle that it come about in private. The midrash Rashi cites pictures the jug as a wellspring that must not be moved from its place; the oil flows until the empty vessels run out, suggesting that divine blessing is limited only by the capacity people prepare to receive it.

The Shunamite narrative is the chapter’s center of gravity and one of the great character studies in Nevi’im. She is introduced as an isha gedola (אשה גדולה), a woman of substance, and her greatness shows in deeds: she perceives Elisha’s holiness, builds him a small walled upper chamber (aliyat kir, עליית קיר) furnished with bed, table, chair, and lamp, and asks nothing in return. When Elisha offers to intercede with the king or the army commander, her answer — ‘I dwell among my own people’ (betoch ami anochi yoshavet, בתוך עמי אנכי יושבת) — has become a byword for contentment and quiet dignity. Gehazi identifies the one lack she will not name: she is childless and her husband is old. The annunciation scene deliberately echoes the promise to Sarah (Bereishit 18:10), down to the phrase ka-et chaya (כעת חיה). Radak, on verse 16, asks whether Elisha spoke from explicit prophecy or from his own confidence that God fulfills the decree of the righteous. Her anxious reply — ‘do not delude your maidservant’ — proves prescient, and Rashi reads it as a plea not merely for a son but for a son who will live.

When the child dies suddenly in his mother’s lap, the narrative becomes a study in faith under pressure. She tells no one — not her husband, not Gehazi — answering every inquiry with the single word shalom, and rides straight to Mount Carmel. Elisha’s admission, ‘God has hidden it from me and has not told me’ (verse 27), is a striking statement of the limits of prophecy: even the man of God sees only what Heaven shows him. The first rescue attempt fails. Gehazi, sent ahead with the prophet’s staff under strict orders of silence, accomplishes nothing; Radak preserves the midrash that Gehazi treated his mission as a joke, boasting along the way that he was going to revive the dead, and therefore it did not succeed. Elisha himself must come, and his method — shutting the door, praying to God, and stretching himself over the child, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands — consciously reenacts Eliyahu’s revival of the widow’s son in I Kings 17:21. Radak observes that most miracles are performed with some natural means accompanying the prayer; the prophet’s warmth and the boy’s sevenfold sneeze mark a slow, almost laborious return of life, in contrast to the instantaneous wonders elsewhere in the chapter.

The closing scenes return to the disciples of the prophets amid famine. A well-meaning student gathers wild gourds that turn a communal stew lethal — ‘there is death in the pot!’ — and Elisha heals it with a handful of flour, the most ordinary of substances. Then a man from Baal-shalishah brings twenty loaves of first-crop barley bread, and Elisha orders them set before a hundred men, overriding his attendant’s protest with a divine promise: ‘they shall eat and have some left over’ (achol ve-hoter, אכול והותר), which the final verse confirms. These last miracles, modest beside resurrection, carry their own theology: in a kingdom where the house of Achav still reigns and famine stalks the land, God’s providence flows through the prophet into the kitchen and the storehouse. The chapter as a whole insists that the God of Israel is not only the God of fire on Carmel but the sustainer of widows, mothers, and hungry students — a theme the Elisha cycle will continue to develop through the healing of Naaman and the relief of besieged Shomron in the chapters ahead.

פרק ד׳ · Chapter 4

פסוק א׳ · Verse 1

Hebrew:

וְאִשָּׁ֣ה אַחַ֣ת מִנְּשֵׁ֣י בְנֵֽי־הַ֠נְּבִיאִ֠ים צָעֲקָ֨ה אֶל־אֱלִישָׁ֜ע לֵאמֹ֗ר עַבְדְּךָ֤ אִישִׁי֙ מֵ֔ת וְאַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ כִּ֣י עַבְדְּךָ֔ הָיָ֥ה יָרֵ֖א אֶת־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְהַ֨נֹּשֶׁ֔ה בָּ֗א לָקַ֜חַת אֶת־שְׁנֵ֧י יְלָדַ֛י ל֖וֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים׃

English:

A certain woman, the wife of one of the disciples of the prophets, cried out to Elisha: “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know how your servant revered GOD. And now a creditor is coming to seize my two children as slaves.”

פסוק ב׳ · Verse 2

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלֶ֤יהָ אֱלִישָׁע֙ מָ֣ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ הַגִּ֣ידִי לִ֔י מַה־יֶּשׁ־[לָ֖ךְ] (לכי) בַּבָּ֑יִת וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אֵ֣ין לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ֥ כֹל֙ בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֖י אִם־אָס֥וּךְ שָֽׁמֶן׃

English:

Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what have you in the house?” She replied, “Your maidservant has nothing at all in the house, except a jug of oil.”

פסוק ג׳ · Verse 3

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְכִ֨י שַׁאֲלִי־לָ֤ךְ כֵּלִים֙ מִן־הַח֔וּץ מֵאֵ֖ת כׇּל־[שְׁכֵנָ֑יִךְ] (שכנכי) כֵּלִ֥ים רֵקִ֖ים אַל־תַּמְעִֽיטִי׃

English:

“Go,” he said, “and borrow vessels outside, from all your neighbors, empty vessels, as many as you can.

פסוק ד׳ · Verse 4

Hebrew:

וּבָ֗את וְסָגַ֤רְתְּ הַדֶּ֙לֶת֙ בַּעֲדֵ֣ךְ וּבְעַד־בָּנַ֔יִךְ וְיָצַ֕קְתְּ עַ֥ל כׇּל־הַכֵּלִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְהַמָּלֵ֖א תַּסִּֽיעִי׃

English:

Then go in and shut the door behind you and your children, and pour [oil] into all those vessels, removing each one as it is filled.”

פסוק ה׳ · Verse 5

Hebrew:

וַתֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ מֵֽאִתּ֔וֹ וַתִּסְגֹּ֣ר הַדֶּ֔לֶת בַּעֲדָ֖הּ וּבְעַ֣ד בָּנֶ֑יהָ הֵ֛ם מַגִּישִׁ֥ים אֵלֶ֖יהָ וְהִ֥יא (מיצקת) [מוֹצָֽקֶת]׃

English:

She went away and shut the door behind her and her children. They kept bringing [vessels] to her and she kept pouring.

פסוק ו׳ · Verse 6

Hebrew:

וַיְהִ֣י ׀ כִּמְלֹ֣את הַכֵּלִ֗ים וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־בְּנָהּ֙ הַגִּ֨ישָׁה אֵלַ֥י עוֹד֙ כֶּ֔לִי וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֔יהָ אֵ֥ין ע֖וֹד כֶּ֑לִי וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד הַשָּֽׁמֶן׃

English:

When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” He answered her, “There are no more vessels”; and the oil stopped.

פסוק ז׳ · Verse 7

Hebrew:

וַתָּבֹ֗א וַתַּגֵּד֙ לְאִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְכִי֙ מִכְרִ֣י אֶת־הַשֶּׁ֔מֶן וְשַׁלְּמִ֖י אֶת־[נִשְׁיֵ֑ךְ] (נשיכי) וְאַ֣תְּ (בניכי) [וּבָנַ֔יִךְ] תִּֽחְיִ֖י בַּנּוֹתָֽר׃ {פ}

English:

She came and told the agent of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your children can live on the rest.”

פסוק ח׳ · Verse 8

Hebrew:

וַיְהִ֨י הַיּ֜וֹם וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ר אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אֶל־שׁוּנֵ֗ם וְשָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַתַּחֲזֶק־בּ֖וֹ לֶאֱכׇל־לָ֑חֶם וַֽיְהִי֙ מִדֵּ֣י עׇבְר֔וֹ יָסֻ֥ר שָׁ֖מָּה לֶאֱכׇל־לָֽחֶם׃

English:

One day Elisha visited Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to have a meal; and whenever he passed by, he would stop there for a meal.

פסוק ט׳ · Verse 9

Hebrew:

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אִישָׁ֔הּ הִנֵּה־נָ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ אֱלֹהִ֖ים קָד֣וֹשׁ ה֑וּא עֹבֵ֥ר עָלֵ֖ינוּ תָּמִֽיד׃

English:

Once she said to her husband, “I am sure it is a holy agent of God who comes this way regularly.

פסוק י׳ · Verse 10

Hebrew:

נַעֲשֶׂה־נָּ֤א עֲלִיַּת־קִיר֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה וְנָשִׂ֨ים ל֥וֹ שָׁ֛ם מִטָּ֥ה וְשֻׁלְחָ֖ן וְכִסֵּ֣א וּמְנוֹרָ֑ה וְהָיָ֛ה בְּבֹא֥וֹ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ יָס֥וּר שָֽׁמָּה׃

English:

Let us make a small enclosed upper chamberaenclosed upper chamber Or “upper wall-chamber”; lit. “an upper chamber of wall(s).” and place a bed, a table, a chair, and a lampstand there for him, so that he can stop there whenever he comes to us.”

פסוק י״א · Verse 11

Hebrew:

וַיְהִ֥י הַיּ֖וֹם וַיָּ֣בֹא שָׁ֑מָּה וַיָּ֥סַר אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה וַיִּשְׁכַּב־שָֽׁמָּה׃

English:

One day he came there; he retired to the upper chamber and lay down there.

פסוק י״ב · Verse 12

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־גֵּיחֲזִ֣י נַעֲר֔וֹ קְרָ֖א לַשּׁוּנַמִּ֣ית הַזֹּ֑את וַיִּ֨קְרָא־לָ֔הּ וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד לְפָנָֽיו׃

English:

He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call that Shunammite.” He called her, and she stood before him.

פסוק י״ג · Verse 13

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ אֱמׇר־נָ֣א אֵלֶ֘יהָ֮ הִנֵּ֣ה חָרַ֣דְתְּ ׀ אֵלֵ֘ינוּ֮ אֶת־כׇּל־הַחֲרָדָ֣ה הַזֹּאת֒ מֶ֚ה לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֔ךְ הֲיֵ֤שׁ לְדַבֶּר־לָךְ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ א֖וֹ אֶל־שַׂ֣ר הַצָּבָ֑א וַתֹּ֕אמֶר בְּת֥וֹךְ עַמִּ֖י אָנֹכִ֥י יֹשָֽׁבֶת׃

English:

He said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak in your behalf to the king or to the army commander?’” She replied, “I live among my own people.”

פסוק י״ד · Verse 14

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר וּמֶ֖ה לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֑הּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּיחֲזִ֗י אֲבָ֛ל בֵּ֥ן אֵֽין־לָ֖הּ וְאִישָׁ֥הּ זָקֵֽן׃

English:

“What then can be done for her?” he asked. “The fact is,” said Gehazi, “she has no son, and her husband is old.”

פסוק ט״ו · Verse 15

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר קְרָא־לָ֑הּ וַיִּ֨קְרָא־לָ֔הּ וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד בַּפָּֽתַח׃

English:

“Call her,” he said. He called her, and she stood in the doorway.

פסוק ט״ז · Verse 16

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לַמּוֹעֵ֤ד הַזֶּה֙ כָּעֵ֣ת חַיָּ֔ה (אתי) [אַ֖תְּ] חֹבֶ֣קֶת בֵּ֑ן וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אַל־אֲדֹנִי֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל־תְּכַזֵּ֖ב בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ׃

English:

And Elisha said, “At this season next year, you will be embracing a son.” She replied, “Please, my lord, agent of God, do not delude your maidservant.”

פסוק י״ז · Verse 17

Hebrew:

וַתַּ֥הַר הָאִשָּׁ֖ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן לַמּוֹעֵ֤ד הַזֶּה֙ כָּעֵ֣ת חַיָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יהָ א��לִישָֽׁע׃

English:

The woman conceived and bore a son at the same season the following year, as Elisha had assured her.

פסוק י״ח · Verse 18

Hebrew:

וַיִּגְדַּ֖ל הַיָּ֑לֶד וַיְהִ֣י הַיּ֔וֹם וַיֵּצֵ֥א אֶל־אָבִ֖יו אֶל־הַקֹּצְרִֽים׃

English:

The child grew up. One day, he went out to his father among the reapers.

פסוק י״ט · Verse 19

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֶל־אָבִ֖יו רֹאשִׁ֣י ׀ רֹאשִׁ֑י וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־הַנַּ֔עַר שָׂאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־אִמּֽוֹ׃

English:

[Suddenly] he cried to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” He said to a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

פסוק כ׳ · Verse 20

Hebrew:

וַיִּ֨שָּׂאֵ֔הוּ וַיְבִיאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־אִמּ֑וֹ וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב עַל־בִּרְכֶּ֛יהָ עַד־הַֽצׇּהֳרַ֖יִם וַיָּמֹֽת׃

English:

He picked him up and brought him to his mother. And the child sat on her lap until noon; and he died.

פסוק כ״א · Verse 21

Hebrew:

וַתַּ֙עַל֙ וַתַּשְׁכִּבֵ֔הוּ עַל־מִטַּ֖ת אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַתִּסְגֹּ֥ר בַּעֲד֖וֹ וַתֵּצֵֽא׃

English:

She took him up and laid him on the bed of the agent of God, and left him and closed the door.

פסוק כ״ב · Verse 22

Hebrew:

וַתִּקְרָא֮ אֶל־אִישָׁהּ֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר שִׁלְחָ֨ה נָ֥א לִי֙ אֶחָ֣ד מִן־הַנְּעָרִ֔ים וְאַחַ֖ת הָאֲתֹנ֑וֹת וְאָר֛וּצָה עַד־אִ֥ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים וְאָשֽׁוּבָה׃

English:

Then she called to her husband: “Please, send me one of the servants and one of the jennies, so I can hurry to the agent of God and back.”

פסוק כ״ג · Verse 23

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מַ֠דּ֠וּעַ (אתי) [אַ֣תְּ] (הלכתי) [הֹלֶ֤כֶת] אֵלָיו֙ הַיּ֔וֹם לֹא־חֹ֖דֶשׁ וְלֹ֣א שַׁבָּ֑ת וַתֹּ֖אמֶר שָׁלֽוֹם׃

English:

But he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath.” She answered, ���It’s all right.”bIt’s all right Heb. shalom.

פסוק כ״ד · Verse 24

Hebrew:

וַֽתַּחֲבֹשׁ֙ הָאָת֔וֹן וַתֹּ֥אמֶר אֶֽל־נַעֲרָ֖הּ נְהַ֣ג וָלֵ֑ךְ אַל־תַּעֲצׇר־לִ֣י לִרְכֹּ֔ב כִּ֖י אִם־אָמַ֥רְתִּי לָֽךְ׃

English:

She had the jenny saddled, and said to her servant, “Urge it on;cUrge it on The servant runs behind the donkey and urges it on with a stick. see that I don’t slow down unless I tell you.”

פסוק כ״ה · Verse 25

Hebrew:

וַתֵּ֗לֶךְ וַתָּבֹ֛א אֶל־אִ֥ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־הַ֣ר הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל וַ֠יְהִ֠י כִּרְא֨וֹת אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים אֹתָהּ֙ מִנֶּ֔גֶד וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־גֵּיחֲזִ֣י נַעֲר֔וֹ הִנֵּ֖ה הַשּׁוּנַמִּ֥ית הַלָּֽז׃

English:

She went on until she came to the agent of God on Mount Carmel. When the agent of God saw her from afar, he said to his servant Gehazi, “There is that Shunammite.

פסוק כ״ו · Verse 26

Hebrew:

עַתָּה֮ רֽוּץ־נָ֣א לִקְרָאתָהּ֒ וֶאֱמׇר־לָ֗הּ הֲשָׁל֥וֹם לָ֛ךְ הֲשָׁל֥וֹם לְאִישֵׁ֖ךְ הֲשָׁל֣וֹם לַיָּ֑לֶד וַתֹּ֖אמֶר שָׁלֽוֹם׃

English:

Go, hurry toward her and ask her, ‘How are you? How is your husband? How is the child?’” “We are well,” she replied.

פסוק כ״ז · Verse 27

Hebrew:

וַתָּבֹ֞א אֶל־אִ֤ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־הָהָ֔ר וַֽתַּחֲזֵ֖ק בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ גֵּיחֲזִ֜י לְהׇדְפָ֗הּ וַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ אִ֨ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים הַרְפֵּה־לָהּ֙ כִּֽי־נַפְשָׁ֣הּ מָֽרָה־לָ֔הּ וַֽיהֹוָה֙ הֶעְלִ֣ים מִמֶּ֔נִּי וְ��ֹ֥א הִגִּ֖יד לִֽי׃

English:

But when she came up to the agent of God on the mountain, she clasped his feet. Gehazi stepped forward to push her away; but the agent of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; and GOD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

פסוק כ״ח · Verse 28

Hebrew:

וַתֹּ֕אמֶר הֲשָׁאַ֥לְתִּי בֵ֖ן מֵאֵ֣ת אֲדֹנִ֑י הֲלֹ֣א אָמַ֔רְתִּי לֹ֥א תַשְׁלֶ֖ה אֹתִֽי׃

English:

Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Didn’t I say: ‘Don’t mislead me’?”

פסוק כ״ט · Verse 29

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לְגֵיחֲזִ֜י חֲגֹ֣ר מׇתְנֶ֗יךָ וְקַ֨ח מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֣י בְיָדְךָ֮ וָלֵךְ֒ כִּי־תִמְצָ֥א אִישׁ֙ לֹ֣א תְבָרְכֶ֔נּוּ וְכִֽי־יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ אִ֖ישׁ לֹ֣א תַעֲנֶ֑נּוּ וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֖י עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַנָּֽעַר׃

English:

He said to Gehazi, “Tie up your skirts,dTie up your skirts Lit. “Gird your loins”; cf. 1 Kings 18.46. take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. And place my staff on the face of the boy.”

פסוק ל׳ · Verse 30

Hebrew:

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵ֣ם הַנַּ֔עַר חַי־יְהֹוָ֥ה וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ וַיָּ֖קׇם וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃

English:

But the boy’s mother said, “As GOD lives and as you live, I will not leave you!” So he arose and followed her.

פסוק ל״א · Verse 31

Hebrew:

וְגֵחֲזִ֞י עָבַ֣ר לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם וַיָּ֤שֶׂם אֶת־הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַנַּ֔עַר וְאֵ֥ין ק֖וֹל וְאֵ֣ין קָ֑שֶׁב וַיָּ֤שׇׁב לִקְרָאתוֹ֙ וַיַּגֶּד־ל֣וֹ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א הֵקִ֖יץ הַנָּֽעַר׃

English:

Gehazi had gone on before them and had placed the staff on the boy’s face; but there was no sound or response. He turned back to meet him and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

פסוק ל״ב · Verse 32

Hebrew:

וַיָּבֹ֥א אֱלִישָׁ֖ע הַבָּ֑יְתָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַנַּ֙עַר֙ מֵ֔ת מֻשְׁכָּ֖ב עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

English:

Elisha came into the house, and there was the boy, laid out dead on his couch.

פסוק ל״ג · Verse 33

Hebrew:

וַיָּבֹ֕א ו��יִּסְגֹּ֥ר הַדֶּ֖לֶת בְּעַ֣ד שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃

English:

He went in, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to GOD.

פסוק ל״ד · Verse 34

Hebrew:

וַיַּ֜עַל וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב עַל־הַיֶּ֗לֶד וַיָּ֩שֶׂם֩ פִּ֨יו עַל־פִּ֜יו וְעֵינָ֤יו עַל־עֵינָיו֙ וְכַפָּ֣יו עַל־כַּפָּ֔ו וַיִּגְהַ֖ר עָלָ֑יו וַיָּ֖חׇם בְּשַׂ֥ר הַיָּֽלֶד׃

English:

Then he mounted [the bed] and placed himself over the child. He put his mouth on its mouth, his eyes on its eyes, and his hands on its hands, as he bent over it. And the body of the child became warm.

פסוק ל״ה · Verse 35

Hebrew:

וַיָּ֜שׇׁב וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ בַּבַּ֗יִת אַחַ֥ת הֵ֙נָּה֙ וְאַחַ֣ת הֵ֔נָּה וַיַּ֖עַל וַיִּגְהַ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וַיְזוֹרֵ֤ר הַנַּ֙עַר֙ עַד־שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֔ים וַיִּפְקַ֥ח הַנַּ֖עַר אֶת־עֵינָֽיו׃

English:

He stepped down, walked once up and down the room, then mounted and bent over him. Thereupon, the boy sneezed seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.

פסוק ל״ו · Verse 36

Hebrew:

וַיִּקְרָ֣א אֶל־גֵּיחֲזִ֗י וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ קְרָא֙ אֶל־הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את וַיִּקְרָאֶ֖הָ וַתָּבֹ֣א אֵלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שְׂאִ֥י בְנֵֽךְ׃

English:

[Elisha] called Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite,” and he called her. When she came to him, he said, “Pick up your son.”

פסוק ל״ז · Verse 37

Hebrew:

וַתָּבֹא֙ וַתִּפֹּ֣ל עַל־רַגְלָ֔יו וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ אָ֑רְצָה וַתִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת־בְּנָ֖הּ וַתֵּצֵֽא׃ {פ}

English:

She came and fell at his feet and bowed low to the ground; then she picked up her son and left.

פסוק ל״ח · Verse 38

Hebrew:

וֶאֱלִישָׁ֞ע שָׁ֤ב הַגִּלְגָּ֙לָה֙ וְהָרָעָ֣ב בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּבְנֵי֙ הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים יֹשְׁבִ֖ים לְפָנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְנַעֲר֗וֹ שְׁפֹת֙ הַסִּ֣יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֔ה וּבַשֵּׁ֥ל נָזִ֖יד לִבְנֵ֥י הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃

English:

Elisha returned to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land, and the disciples of the prophets were sitting before him. He said to his servant, “Set the large pot [on the fire] and cook a stew for the disciples of the prophets.”

פסוק ל״ט · Verse 39

Hebrew:

וַיֵּצֵ֨א אֶחָ֣ד אֶל־הַשָּׂדֶה֮ לְלַקֵּ֣ט אֹרֹת֒ וַיִּמְצָא֙ גֶּ֣פֶן שָׂדֶ֔ה וַיְלַקֵּ֥ט מִמֶּ֛נּוּ פַּקֻּעֹ֥ת שָׂדֶ֖ה מְלֹ֣א בִגְד֑וֹ וַיָּבֹ֗א וַיְפַלַּ֛ח אֶל־סִ֥יר הַנָּזִ֖יד כִּי־לֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ׃

English:

So one of them went out into the fields to gather sprouts. He came across a wild vine and picked from it wild gourds, as many as his garment would hold. Then he came back and sliced them into the pot of stew, for they did not know [what they were];

פסוק מ׳ · Verse 40

Hebrew:

וַיִּֽצְק֥וּ לַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים לֶאֱכ֑וֹל וַ֠יְהִ֠י כְּאׇכְלָ֨ם מֵהַנָּזִ֜יד וְהֵ֣מָּה צָעָ֗קוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ מָ֤וֶת בַּסִּיר֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יָכְל֖וּ לֶאֱכֹֽל׃

English:

and they served it for those present to eat. While they were still eating of the stew, they began to cry out: “O agent of God, there is death in the pot!”edeath in the pot The wild gourds cause severe cramps. And they could not eat it.

פסוק מ״א · Verse 41

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ וּקְחוּ־קֶ֔מַח וַיַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ אֶל־הַסִּ֑יר וַיֹּ֗אמֶר צַ֤ק לָעָם֙ וְיֹאכֵ֔לוּ וְלֹ֥א הָיָ֛ה דָּבָ֥ר רָ֖ע בַּסִּֽיר׃ {ס}        

English:

“Fetch some flour,” [Elisha] said. He threw it into the pot and said, “Serve it to the people and let them eat.” And there was no longer anything harmful in the pot.

פסוק מ״ב · Verse 42

Hebrew:

וְאִ֨ישׁ בָּ֜א ��ִבַּ֣עַל שָׁלִ֗שָׁה וַיָּבֵא֩ לְאִ֨ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לֶ֤חֶם בִּכּוּרִים֙ עֶשְׂרִֽים־לֶ֣חֶם שְׂעֹרִ֔ים וְכַרְמֶ֖ל בְּצִקְלֹנ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר תֵּ֥ן לָעָ֖ם וְיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

English:

A man came from Baal-shalishah and he brought the agent of God some bread of the first reaping—twenty loaves of barley bread, and some fresh grain in his sack.fin his sack Or “on the stalk”; perhaps connected with Ugaritic bṣql. And [Elisha] said, “Give it to the people and let them eat.”

פסוק מ״ג · Verse 43

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ מָ֚ה אֶתֵּ֣ן זֶ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י מֵ֣אָה אִ֑ישׁ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר תֵּ֤ן לָעָם֙ וְיֹאכֵ֔לוּ כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אָכֹ֥ל וְהוֹתֵֽר׃

English:

His attendant replied, “How can I set this before a hundred people?” But he said, “Give it to the people and let them eat. For thus said GOD: They shall eat and have some left over.”

פסוק מ״ד · Verse 44

Hebrew:

וַיִּתֵּ֧ן לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם וַיֹּאכְל֥וּ וַיּוֹתִ֖רוּ כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהֹוָֽה׃ {פ}

English:

So he set it before them; and when they had eaten, they had some left over, as GOD had said.

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