2 Kings 7:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

Young's Literal Translation
And four men have been leprous, at the opening of the gate, and they say one unto another, ‘What—we are sitting here till we have died;

King James Bible
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

Hebrew
Now there were four
וְאַרְבָּעָ֧ה (wə·’ar·bā·‘āh)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 702: Four

men
אֲנָשִׁ֛ים (’ă·nā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

with leprosy
מְצֹרָעִ֖ים (mə·ṣō·rā·‘îm)
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6879: To be struck with leprosy, to be leprous

at the entrance
פֶּ֣תַח (pe·ṯaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way

to the gate,
הַשָּׁ֑עַר (haš·šā·‘ar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

and they said
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

one
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

another,
רֵעֵ֔הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

“Why
מָ֗ה (māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

just sit
יֹשְׁבִ֥ים (yō·šə·ḇîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

here
פֹּ֖ה (pōh)
Adverb
Strong's 6311: This place, here

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

we die?
מָֽתְנוּ׃ (mā·ṯə·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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