2 Kings 2:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.

Young's Literal Translation
And Elisha is seeing, and he is crying, ‘My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen;’ and he hath not seen him again; and he taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them into two pieces.

King James Bible
And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

Hebrew
As Elisha
וֶאֱלִישָׁ֣ע (we·’ĕ·lî·šā‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 477: Elisha -- 'God is salvation', a well-known Israelite prophet

watched,
רֹאֶ֗ה (rō·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

he
וְה֤וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

cried out,
מְצַעֵק֙ (mə·ṣa·‘êq)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

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

my father,
אָבִ֗י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

the chariots
רֶ֤כֶב (re·ḵeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7393: A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone

and horsemen
וּפָ֣רָשָׁ֔יו (ū·p̄ā·rā·šāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6571: A steed, a driver, cavalry

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

And he saw [Elijah]
רָאָ֖הוּ (rā·’ā·hū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

no
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

more.
ע֑וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

So taking hold
וַֽיַּחֲזֵק֙ (way·ya·ḥă·zêq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

of his own clothes,
בִּבְגָדָ֔יו (biḇ·ḡā·ḏāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

he tore them
וַיִּקְרָעֵ֖ם (way·yiq·rā·‘êm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7167: To rend

in two.
לִשְׁנַ֥יִם (liš·na·yim)
Preposition-l | Number - md
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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