2 Kings 4:14
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And he said: What will she then that I do for her? And Giezi said: Do not ask, for she hath no son, and her husband is old.

she hath no child

Genesis 15:2,3 And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer. . . .

Genesis 17:17 Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

Genesis 18:10-14 And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying, and Sara, thy wife, shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent. . . .

Genesis 25:21 And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.

Genesis 30:1 And Rachel seeing herself without children, envied her sister, and said to her husband: Give me children, otherwise I shall die.

Judges 13:2 Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren.

1 Samuel 1:2,8 And he had two wives, the name of one was Anna, and the name of the other Phenenna. Phenenna had children: but Anna had no children. . . .

Luke 1:7 And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren: and they both were well advanced in years.

Context
The Shunammite Woman
13He said to his servant: Say to her: Behold, thou hast diligently served us in all things; what wilt thou have me to do for thee? Hast thou any business, and wilt thou, that I speak to the king, or to the general of the army? And she answered: I dwell in the midst of my own people. 14And he said: What will she then that I do for her? And Giezi said: Do not ask, for she hath no son, and her husband is old.15Then he bid him call her. And when she was called, and stood before the door,…
Cross References
2 Kings 4:13
He said to his servant: Say to her: Behold, thou hast diligently served us in all things; what wilt thou have me to do for thee? Hast thou any business, and wilt thou, that I speak to the king, or to the general of the army? And she answered: I dwell in the midst of my own people.

2 Kings 4:15
Then he bid him call her. And when she was called, and stood before the door,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gehazi
גֵּיחֲזִ֗י (gê·ḥă·zî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 559: To utter, say

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

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


Additional Translations
So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no child, and her husband is old.

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.

And he said to Giezi, What must we do for her? and Giezi his servant said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband is old.

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi said, Verily, she has no son, and her husband is old.

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.

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

He said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old."

And he saith, 'And what -- to do for her?' and Gehazi saith, 'Verily she hath no son, and her husband is aged.'
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