2 Kings 1:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

Young's Literal Translation
And the messengers turn back unto him, and he saith unto them, ‘What [is] this—ye have turned back!’

King James Bible
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?

Hebrew
When the messengers
הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים (ham·mal·’ā·ḵîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

returned
וַיָּשׁ֥וּבוּ (way·yā·šū·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to the king,
אֵלָ֑יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

he asked them,
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Why
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have you returned?”
שַׁבְתֶּֽם׃ (šaḇ·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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