2 Kings 4:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, ‘And what—to do for her?’ and Gehazi saith, ‘Verily she hath no son, and her husband [is] aged.’

King James Bible
And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

Hebrew
So he asked,
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Then what
וּמֶ֖ה (ū·meh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

should be done
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

for her?”
לָ֑הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

“Well,
אֲבָ֛ל (’ă·ḇāl)
Adverb
Strong's 61: Verily, of a truth

she has
לָ֖הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

no
אֵֽין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

son,”
בֵּ֥ן (bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

Gehazi
גֵּיחֲזִ֗י (gê·ḥă·zî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1522: Gehazi -- perhaps 'valley of vision', servant of Elisha

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

“and her husband
וְאִישָׁ֥הּ (wə·’î·šāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

is old.”
זָקֵֽן׃ (zā·qên)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2204: To be or become old

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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