Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?” Young's Literal Translation and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, ‘Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.’ And he saith to him, ‘Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?’ King James Bible And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? Hebrew So Elisha leftוַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב (way·ya·‘ă·zōḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit the oxen, הַבָּקָ֗ר (hab·bā·qār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd ran וַיָּ֙רָץ֙ (way·yā·rāṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7323: To run after אַחֲרֵ֣י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part Elijah, אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ (’ê·lî·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 452: Elijah -- 'Yah is God', a well-known prophet of Israel, also three other Israelites and said, וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Please נָּא֙ (nā) Interjection Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then' let me kiss אֶשְּׁקָה־ (’eš·šə·qāh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 5401: To kiss, to equip with weapons my father לְאָבִ֣י (lə·’ā·ḇî) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1: Father and mother [goodbye], וּלְאִמִּ֔י (ū·lə·’im·mî) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 517: A mother, ) and then I will follow וְאֵלְכָ֖ה (wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk you.” אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ (’a·ḥă·re·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 310: The hind or following part “Go on לֵ֣ךְ (lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk back,” שׁ֔וּב (šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again [Elijah] replied, וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction what מֶה־ (meh-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what have I done עָשִׂ֖יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6213: To do, make to you?” לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's 0: 0 |
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