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Second Kings 2:23

From there [Jericho], Elisha went up to Bethel [just north of Jerusalem, a day's march from Jericho, and continued to walk back the same way he had come with Elijah]. On the way there, a group of young men [perhaps a hundred or so, aged 12-30] came out of the city [and met him], and they mocked him (called him useless). They shouted at him, "Go up, baldhead! Go up, baldhead!"
[Elisha is in his mid-twenties. It may be that the insult of "baldhead" has to do with Elisha having taken a Nazirite vow and shaved his hair, and therefore being bald. In that case, the mockery was directed at the Lord whom he represented. The expression "get up" refers to him disappearing in the same way that his predecessor Elijah "ascended" to heaven. It is a death threat. When the northern kingdom became independent in 930 BC, King Jeroboam established idol worship in two cities, Dan in the north and Bethel in the south, see 1 Kings 12:25–33. When this event occurs, the eighth king after him is reigning, and these two cities have developed into major centers for all kinds of idols. The young men may well have been prophets of Baal.]
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Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

וַיַּעַל   מִשָּׁם   בֵּית   אֵל   וְהוּא   עֹלֶה   בַדֶּרֶךְ   וּנְעָרִים   קְטַנִּים   יָצְאוּ   מִן   הָעִיר   וַיִּתְקַלְּסוּ   בוֹ   וַיֹּאמְרוּ   לוֹ   עֲלֵה   קֵרֵחַ   עֲלֵה   קֵרֵחַ  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

καὶ ἀνέβη ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Βαιθηλ καὶ ἀναβαίνοντος αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ παιδάρια μικρὰ ἐξῆλθον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ κατέπαιζον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ ἀνάβαινε φαλακρέ ἀνάβαινε

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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H9001
H5927
 וַ (va)
יַּ֥עַל (jaal)
 seq
to ascend
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
qal wayyiqtol 3p ♂ sing. qal wayyiqtol (sequential imperfect) third person masculine singular

c
Vqw3ms
H9006
H8033
 מִ (mi)
שָּׁ֖ם (sham)
 from
there
Prep. Preposition

Adv. Adverb

 R
D
H1008
H9014
 בֵּֽית (beit-)
־
Beth-el
link
Noun Noun
Name/Place name/place

 Npl
H1008
 אֵ֑ל (el)
 Beth-el
Noun Noun
Name/Place name/place

 Npl
H9002
H1931
H9015
 וְ (ve)
ה֣וּא (ho)
׀
and
he
Conj. Conjunktion

Pron. Pron.
personal 3p ♂ sing. personal third person masculine singular

C
Pp3ms
H5927
 עֹלֶ֣ה (óle)
 to ascend
Verb Verb
qal participle active ♂ sing. qal participle active masculine singular

Vqrmsa
H9003
H1870
 בַ (va)
דֶּ֗רֶךְ (derekhe)
 in
way
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Rd
Ncbsa
H9002
H5288
 וּ (o)
נְעָרִ֤ים (nearim)
 and
youth
Conj. Conjunktion

Noun Noun
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 C
Ncmpa
H6996a
 קְטַנִּים֙ (qetanim)
 small
Adj. Adjective
♂ pl. masculine plural Absolute state

 Aampa
H3318
 יָצְא֣וּ (jatzeo)
 to come out
Verb Verb
qal qatal 3p pl. qal qatal third person plural

Vqp3cp
H4480a
H9014
 מִן (min-)
־
from
link
Prep. Preposition

 R
H9009
H5892b
 הָ (ha)
עִ֔יר (ir)
 the
city
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Td
Ncbsa
H9001
H7046
H9014
 וַ (va)
יִּתְקַלְּסוּ (jiteqaleso-)
־
seq
to mock
link
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
wayyiqtol 3p ♂ pl. wayyiqtol (sequential imperfect) third person masculine plural

c
Vtw3mp
H9003
H9033
 ב (v)
וֹ֙ (vó)
 in
him
Prep. Preposition

Suffix Suffix
pron. 3p ♂ sing. Pronominal third person masculine singular

R
Sp3ms
H9001
H0559
 וַ (va)
יֹּ֣אמְרוּ (jómervo)
 seq
to say
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
qal wayyiqtol 3p ♂ pl. qal wayyiqtol (sequential imperfect) third person masculine plural

c
Vqw3mp
H9005
H9033
 ל֔ (l)
וֹ (vó)
 to
him
Prep. Preposition

Suffix Suffix
pron. 3p ♂ sing. Pronominal third person masculine singular

R
Sp3ms
H5927
 עֲלֵ֥ה (ale)
 to ascend
Verb Verb
qal ♂ sing. qal second person masculine singular

Vqv2ms
H7142
 קֵרֵ֖חַ (qerecha)
 bald
Adj. Adjective
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Aabsa
H5927
 עֲלֵ֥ה (ale)
 to ascend
Verb Verb
qal ♂ sing. qal second person masculine singular

Vqv2ms
H7142
H9016
 קֵרֵֽחַ (qerecha)
׃
bald
verseEnd
Adj. Adjective
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

 Aabsa

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