2 Kings 13:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

Young's Literal Translation
and saith, ‘Open the window eastward;’ and he openeth, and Elisha saith, ‘Shoot,’ and he shooteth; and he saith, ‘An arrow of salvation to Jehovah, and an arrow of salvation against Aram, and thou hast smitten Aram, in Aphek, till consuming.’

King James Bible
And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened [it]. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed [them].

Hebrew
“Open
פְּתַ֧ח (pə·ṯaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

the east
קֵ֖דְמָה (qê·ḏə·māh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time

window,”
הַחַלּ֛וֹן (ha·ḥal·lō·wn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 2474: A window

said Elisha.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

So he opened [it]
וַיִּפְתָּ֑ח (way·yip̄·tāḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

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

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

“Shoot!”
יְרֵה֙ (yə·rêh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

So he shot.
וַיּ֔וֹר (way·yō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

Then Elisha declared,
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“This is the LORD’s
לַֽיהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

arrow
חֵץ־ (ḥêṣ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

of victory,
תְּשׁוּעָ֤ה (tə·šū·‘āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8668: Deliverance, salvation

the arrow
וְחֵ֣ץ (wə·ḥêṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

of victory
תְּשׁוּעָ֣ה (tə·šū·‘āh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8668: Deliverance, salvation

over Aram,
בַֽאֲרָ֔ם (ḇa·’ă·rām)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 758: Aram -- Syria

for you shall strike
וְהִכִּיתָ֧ (wə·hik·kî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

the Arameans
אֲרָ֛ם (’ă·rām)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 758: Aram -- Syria

in Aphek
בַּאֲפֵ֖ק (ba·’ă·p̄êq)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 663: Aphek -- perhaps 'fortress', the name of several places in Palestine

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

you have put an end to them.”
כַּלֵּֽה׃ (kal·lêh)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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