2 Kings 6:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

Young's Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, the one is felling the beam, and the iron hath fallen into the water, and he crieth and saith, ‘Alas! my lord, and it asked!’

King James Bible
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

Hebrew
As one
הָֽאֶחָד֙ (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of them was cutting down
מַפִּ֣יל (map·pîl)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

a tree,
הַקּוֹרָ֔ה (haq·qō·w·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6982: A rafter, a roof

the iron [axhead]
הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל (hab·bar·zel)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1270: Iron, an iron implement

fell
נָפַ֣ל (nā·p̄al)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

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

the water.
הַמָּ֑יִם (ham·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

“Oh,
אֲהָ֥הּ (’ă·hāh)
Interjection
Strong's 162: Alas!

my master,”
אֲדֹנִ֖י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

he cried out,
וַיִּצְעַ֥ק (way·yiṣ·‘aq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

“it
וְה֥וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was borrowed!”
שָׁאֽוּל׃ (šā·’ūl)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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