New American Standard Bible 1995

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2 Kings

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He said, "Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
He said, to utter, say Verb H559 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ vai·yo·mer
"Let him alone; to rest H5117    
let no not (a subjective neg.) Adverb H408 אַל־ al-
one man Noun H376 אִ֖ישׁ ish
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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disturb to quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter Verb H5128 יָנַ֣ע ya·na
his bones." bone, substance, self Noun H6106 עַצְמֹתָ֑יו atz·mo·tav;
So they left to slip away Verb H4422 וַֽיְמַלְּטוּ֙ vay·mal·le·tu
Analysis:
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his bones bone, substance, self Noun H6106 עַצְמֹתָ֔יו atz·mo·tav,
undisturbed to slip away Verb H4422    
with the bones bone, substance, self Noun H6106 עַצְמֹ֣ות atz·mo·vt
of the prophet a spokesman, speaker, prophet Noun H5030 הַנָּבִ֔יא han·na·vi,
who who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁר־ a·sher-
came to come in, come, go in, go Verb H935 בָּ֖א ba
from Samaria. capital of N. kingdom of Isr. Noun H8111 מִשֹּׁמְרֹֽון׃ mi·sho·me·ro·vn.
Analysis:
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Locations

Samaria

SAMARIA, CITY OFsa-ma'-ri-a, (shomeron; Samareia, Semeron, and other forms):(1) Shechem was the first capital of the Northern Kingdom (1 Kings 12:25). Jeroboam seems later to have removed the royal residence to Tirzah (1 Kings 14:17). After the brief reigns of Elah and Zimri came that of Omri, who reigned 6 years in Tirzah, then he purchased the hill of Sama... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 He said, "Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
King James Bible He And he said, "Let Let him alone; let no one disturb man move his bones." bones. So they left let his bones undisturbed alone, with the bones of the prophet who that came from out of Samaria.
Hebrew Greek English He said, "Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.