2 Kings 5:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

Young's Literal Translation
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?’ and he turneth and goeth on in fury.

King James Bible
[Are] not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Hebrew
[Are] not
הֲלֹ֡א (hă·lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

Abanah
אֲמָנָ֨ה (’ă·mā·nāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 71: Abanah -- a river near Damascus

and Pharpar,
וּפַרְפַּ֜ר (ū·p̄ar·par)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6554: Pharpar -- a river near Damascus

the rivers
נַהֲר֣וֹת (na·hă·rō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5104: A stream, prosperity

of Damascus,
דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק (dam·me·śeq)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1834: Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria)

better
טוֹב֩ (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

than all
מִכֹּל֙ (mik·kōl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the waters
מֵימֵ֣י (mê·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

of Israel?
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

Could I not
הֲלֹֽא־ (hă·lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

have washed
אֶרְחַ֥ץ (’er·ḥaṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7364: To wash, wash off or away, bathe

in them
בָּהֶ֖ם (bā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

and been cleansed?”
וְטָהָ֑רְתִּי (wə·ṭā·hā·rə·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure

So he turned
וַיִּ֖פֶן (way·yi·p̄en)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

and went away
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

in a rage.
בְּחֵמָֽה׃ (bə·ḥê·māh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2534: Heat, anger, poison

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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