What Does 2 Kings 6:26 Mean in the King James?
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew word translated “Help” is a plea for deliverance, being brought out of distress.
THE MEANING
This verse meets the reader at the instant distress exceeds what can be borne alone: need becomes a direct cry to the authority nearest at hand. The Hebrew plea asks for deliverance, for being brought out of danger, while the verse leaves the answer unresolved.
THE ROOT
הוֹשִׁיעָה
hôšîʿâ
GROWS FROM
י־ש־ע
To deliver or bring out of danger.
“Help” in this verse is hôšîʿâ. The cry uses the same root that names deliverance itself: it asks to be brought out of danger, not merely given something within it. The verb keeps the movement visible, from constriction toward room to live, even before the verse tells whether rescue comes.
ALSO GROWS
yeshuah: Deliverance, rescue.
יְשׁוּעָה
It names the rescue the woman is asking the king to enact.
moshia: One who delivers or rescues.
מוֹשִׁיעַ
This branch names the one who brings someone out, the answering side of the woman’s plea.
THE PATTERN
When need exceeds a person’s power, the cry for deliverance is directed toward an authority who can act.
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.THE THREAD
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.“Help” in both verses comes from the Hebrew root י־ש־ע (y-š-ʿ, yasha), the root of deliverance. Psalm 12:1 gives that same cry to the LORD; here, a woman gives it to the king within reach.
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