Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd 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 kingמֶֽלֶךְ־ (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 |