2 Kings 5:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at the king of Israel’s reading the letter, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, ‘Am I God, to put to death and to keep alive, that this [one] is sending unto me to recover a man from his leprosy? for surely know, I pray you, and see, for he is presenting himself to me.’

King James Bible
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

Hebrew
When the king
מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

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

read
כִּקְרֹא֩ (kiq·rō)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

the letter,
הַסֵּ֜פֶר (has·sê·p̄er)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5612: A missive, document, writing, book

he tore
וַיִּקְרַ֣ע (way·yiq·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7167: To rend

his clothes
בְּגָדָ֗יו (bə·ḡā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

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

“Am I
אָ֙נִי֙ (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

God,
הַאֱלֹהִ֥ים (ha·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

killing
לְהָמִ֣ית (lə·hā·mîṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

and giving life,
וּֽלְהַחֲי֔וֹת (ū·lə·ha·ḥă·yō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

this [man]
זֶה֙ (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

expects
שֹׁלֵ֣חַ (šō·lê·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

me
אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

to cure
לֶאֱסֹ֥ף (le·’ĕ·sōp̄)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove

a leper?
מִצָּֽרַעְתּ֑וֹ (miṣ·ṣā·ra‘·tōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6883: Leprosy

Surely you can
דְּעֽוּ־ (də·‘ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3045: To know

see
וּרְא֔וּ (ū·rə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

that
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

he
ה֖וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is seeking a quarrel
מִתְאַנֶּ֥ה (miṯ·’an·neh)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 579: To be opportune, to meet, encounter opportunely

with me!”
לִֽי׃ (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 0: 0

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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