וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ מְדַבֵּר֙ אֶל־גֵּ֣חֲזִ֔י נַ֥עַר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים לֵאמֹ֑ר סַפְּרָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַגְּדֹלֹ֖ות אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה אֱלִישָֽׁע׃
And the king was speaking to Geḥazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me, please, all the great things that Elisha has done.”
Morphology
- וְהַמֶּלֶךְ (ve-ha-melekh) – Root: מלך; Form: Conjunction + definite noun masculine singular; Translation: “And the king”; Notes: Subject of the speech event.
- מְדַבֵּר (medabber) – Root: דבר; Form: Piel participle masculine singular; Translation: “was speaking”; Notes: Describes ongoing speech action.
- אֶל־גֵּחֲזִי (el-Geḥazi) – Root: גחזי; Form: Preposition + proper noun; Translation: “to Geḥazi”; Notes: Elisha’s former servant.
- נַעַר (naʿar) – Root: נער; Form: Noun masculine singular in construct; Translation: “servant”; Notes: Subordinate position, linked to “man of God.”
- אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים (ʾish ha-Elohim) – Root: אישׁ, אלהים; Form: Construct phrase; Translation: “the man of God”; Notes: A title for Elisha.
- לֵאמֹר (leʾemor) – Root: אמר; Form: Infinitive construct with preposition; Translation: “saying”; Notes: Introduces direct speech.
- סַפְּרָה־נָּא (sapperah-na) – Root: ספר; Form: Piel imperative 2nd person masculine singular + cohortative he + particle of entreaty; Translation: “Tell me, please”; Notes: Polite royal request form.
- לִי (li) – Root: לי; Form: Preposition + 1st person singular suffix; Translation: “to me”; Notes: Indirect object of “tell.”
- אֵת (et) – Root: —; Form: Direct object marker; Translation: —; Notes: Introduces the object of the verb “tell.”
- כָּל־הַגְּדֹלֹות (kol-ha-gedolot) – Root: גדל; Form: Construct noun + definite feminine plural adjective; Translation: “all the great things”; Notes: Refers to Elisha’s miracles or mighty deeds.
- אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה (asher-ʿasah) – Root: עשה; Form: Relative pronoun + Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “that he did”; Notes: Relative clause referring to Elisha’s works.
- אֱלִישָׁע (ʾElishaʿ) – Root: אלישע; Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Elisha”; Notes: Prophet of YHWH, successor of Eliyahu.