2 Kings 6:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

Young's Literal Translation
And the king of Israel saith unto Elisha, at his seeing them, ‘Do I smite—do I smite—my father?’

King James Bible
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite [them]? shall I smite [them]?

Hebrew
And when the king
מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

saw
כִּרְאֹת֖וֹ (kir·’ō·ṯōw)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

them,
אוֹתָ֑ם (’ō·w·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

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

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

“My father,
אָבִֽי׃ (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

shall I kill [them]?
אַכֶּ֖ה (’ak·keh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

Shall I kill [them]?”
הַאַכֶּ֥ה (ha·’ak·keh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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