2 Kings 2:24
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

Young's Literal Translation
And he looketh behind him, and seeth them, and declareth them vile in the name of Jehovah, and two bears come out of the forest, and rend of them forty and two lads.

King James Bible
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Hebrew
Then he turned
וַיִּ֤פֶן (way·yi·p̄en)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

around,
אַֽחֲרָיו֙ (’a·ḥă·rāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

looked at them,
וַיִּרְאֵ֔ם (way·yir·’êm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

and called down a curse on them
וַֽיְקַלְלֵ֖ם (way·qal·lêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

in the name
בְּשֵׁ֣ם (bə·šêm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of the LORD.
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

Suddenly two
שְׁתַּ֤יִם (šə·ta·yim)
Number - fd
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

female bears
דֻּבִּים֙ (dub·bîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1677: The bear

came out
וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה (wat·tê·ṣe·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the woods
הַיַּ֔עַר (hay·ya·‘ar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb

and mauled
וַתְּבַקַּ֣עְנָה (wat·tə·ḇaq·qa‘·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 1234: To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open

forty-two
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 705: Forty

of the young men.
יְלָדִֽים׃ (yə·lā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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