2 Kings 1:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“He was a hairy man, they answered, with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.

Young's Literal Translation
And they say unto him, ‘A man—hairy, and a girdle of skin girt about his loins;’ and he saith, ‘He [is] Elijah the Tishbite.’

King James Bible
And they answered him, [He was] an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It [is] Elijah the Tishbite.

Hebrew
“[He was] a hairy
שֵׂעָ֔ר (śê·‘ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8181: Hair

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

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

“with a leather
ע֖וֹר (‘ō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5785: Skin, hide, leather

belt
וְאֵז֥וֹר (wə·’ê·zō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 232: Something girt, a belt, a band

around his waist.”
בְּמָתְנָ֑יו (bə·mā·ṯə·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - mdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4975: The waist, small of the back, the loins

“It is
הֽוּא׃ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

Elijah
אֵלִיָּ֥ה (’ê·lî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 452: Elijah -- 'Yah is God', a well-known prophet of Israel, also three other Israelites

the Tishbite,”
הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖י (hat·tiš·bî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8664: A Tishbite

said [the king].
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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