2 Kings 1:7
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And he said to them: What manner of man was he who met you, and spoke these words?

Judges 8:18 And he said to Zebee and Salmana: What manner of men were they, whom you slew in Thabor? They answered: They were like thee, and one of them as the son of a king.

1 Samuel 28:14 And he said to her: What form is he of? And she said: An old man cometh up, and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul understood that it was Samuel, and he bowed himself with his face to the ground, and adored.

Context
Elijah Denounces Ahaziah
6But they answered him: A man met us, and said to us: Go, and return to the king, that sent you, and you shall say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel, that thou sendest to Beelzebub, the god of Accaron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed, on which thou art gone up, but thou shalt surely die. 7And he said to them: What manner of man was he who met you, and spoke these words?8But they said: A hairy man, with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said: It is Elias, the Thesbite.…
Cross References
2 Kings 1:6
But they answered him: A man met us, and said to us: Go, and return to the king, that sent you, and you shall say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel, that thou sendest to Beelzebub, the god of Accaron? Therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed, on which thou art gone up, but thou shalt surely die.

2 Kings 1:8
But they said: A hairy man, with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said: It is Elias, the Thesbite.

Lexicon
The king asked them,
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (way·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

“What
מֶ֚ה (meh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

sort
מִשְׁפַּ֣ט (miš·paṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

of man
הָאִ֔ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

came up
עָלָ֖ה (‘ā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to meet
לִקְרַאתְכֶ֑ם (liq·raṯ·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

you and spoke
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (way·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

these
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

words
הַדְּבָרִ֖ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

to you?”
אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם (’ă·lê·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to


Additional Translations
The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”And he said to them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?

And he said unto them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?

So they returned and reported to the king as Eliu said: and he said to them, What was the manner of the man who went up to meet you, and spoke to you these words?

And he said to them, What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words?

And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?

And he said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?

He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?"

And he saith unto them, 'What is the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?'
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