2 Kings 1:13
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
יָקַר
let it be precious
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יָקַר
To be precious, to be valued highly. Yaqar. You are precious in my sight and honoured and I love you. God places the highest value on every person He created.
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נָא
please
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נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
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עֶבֶד
servants/ your
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עֶבֶד
Servant, slave. Ebed. Moses was called the servant of the LORD, the highest honour. The greatest in God's kingdom is the servant of all.
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שְׁלִישִׁי
third
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שְׁלִישִׁי
third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
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שַׂר
a commander of
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שַׂר
a head person (of any rank or class)
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בֶּרֶךְ
knees/ his
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בֶּרֶךְ
a knee
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חֲמִשִּׁים
a fifty
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חֲמִשִּׁים
fifty
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