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And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. (KJV)

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וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 1

אֵלָ֗יו'e.Lavto him

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 2

אִ֚ישׁ'isha man

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 3

בַּ֣עַלBa.'alan owner of

Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1167J

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: master: owning

Used 9 times. Also: Nehemiah 6:18, Proverbs 16:22, Proverbs 17:8, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Isaiah 41:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1167J; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 4

שֵׂעָ֔רse.'Arhair

Lemma: שֵׂעָר (se.ar) · Strong's: H8181

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: hair

Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 25:25, Leviticus 13:3, Leviticus 13:4, Leviticus 13:10, Leviticus 13:20, Leviticus 13:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8181; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 5

וְאֵז֥וֹרve.'e.Zorand a loincloth of

Lemma: אֵזוֹר (e.zor) · Strong's: H0232

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: girdle

Used 14 times. Also: Job 12:18, Isaiah 5:27, Isaiah 11:5, Jeremiah 13:1, Jeremiah 13:2, Jeremiah 13:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0232; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 6

ע֖וֹרorhide

Lemma: עוֹר (or) · Strong's: H5785

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: skin

Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 3:21, Genesis 27:16, Exodus 22:27, Exodus 25:5, Exodus 26:14, Exodus 29:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5785; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 7

אָז֣וּר'a.Zur[was] girded

Lemma: אָזַר (a.zar) · Strong's: H0247

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)

Meaning: to gird

Used 16 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 22:40, Job 30:18, Job 38:3, Job 40:7, Psalms 18:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0247; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 8

בְּמָתְנָ֑יוbe.ma.te.Navon loins his

Lemma: מׇתְנַ֫יִם (mo.ten) · Strong's: H4975

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Construct (HNcmdc)

Meaning: loin

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Exodus 12:11, Exodus 28:42, Deuteronomy 33:11, 2 Samuel 20:8, 1 Kings 2:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4975; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 9

וַיֹּאמַ֕רvai.yo.Marand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 10

אֵלִיָּ֥ה'e.li.Yah[was] Elijah

Lemma: אֵלִיָּה (e.liy.yah) · Strong's: H0452G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Elijah

Used 68 times. Also: 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 17:13, 1 Kings 17:15, 1 Kings 17:16, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0452G; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 11

הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖יha.tish.Bithe Tishbite

Lemma: תִּשְׁבִּי (tish.bi) · Strong's: H8664

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)

Meaning: Tishbite

Used 6 times. Also: 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 21:17, 1 Kings 21:28, 2 Kings 1:3, 2 Kings 9:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8664; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 12

הֽוּא\׃Hu'that

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT 2 Kings 1:8 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

[He was] a hairy	→	שֵׂעָר H8181 hair
man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
. . .	→	בַּעַל H1167J master: owning
they answered	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
. . .	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
with a leather	→	עוֹר H5785 skin
. . .	→	אָזַר H0247 to gird
belt	→	אֵזוֹר H0232 girdle
around his waist	→	מׇתְנַ֫יִם H4975 loin
It [was]	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
Elijah	→	אֵלִיָּה H0452G Elijah
the Tishbite	→	תִּשְׁבִּי H8664 Tishbite
said [the king]	→	אָמַר H0559 to say

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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