2 Kings 6:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

Young's Literal Translation
And they come down unto it, and Elisha prayeth unto Jehovah, and saith, ‘Smite, I pray Thee, this nation with blindness;’ and He smiteth them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

King James Bible
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

Hebrew
As the Arameans came down
וַיֵּרְדוּ֮ (way·yê·rə·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

against him,
אֵלָיו֒ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Elisha
אֱלִישָׁ֤ע (’ĕ·lî·šā‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 477: Elisha -- 'God is salvation', a well-known Israelite prophet

prayed
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל (way·yiṯ·pal·lêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6419: To judge, to intercede, pray

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

the LORD,
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

“Please
נָ֥א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

strike
הַךְ־ (haḵ-)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

these
הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

people
הַגּוֹי־ (hag·gō·w-)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

with blindness.”
בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֑ים (bas·san·wê·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5575: Sudden blindness

So He struck
וַיַּכֵּ֥ם (way·yak·kêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5221: To strike

them with blindness,
בַּסַּנְוֵרִ֖ים (bas·san·wê·rîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5575: Sudden blindness

according to the word
כִּדְבַ֥ר (kiḏ·ḇar)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of Elisha.
אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ (’ĕ·lî·šā‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 477: Elisha -- 'God is salvation', a well-known Israelite prophet

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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