2 Kings 4:24
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And she saddled an ass, and commanded her servant: Drive, and make haste, make no stay in going: And do that which I bid thee.

Then she

Exodus 4:20 Moses therefore took his wife, and his sons, and set them upon an ass; and returned into Egypt, carrying the rod of God in his hand.

1 Samuel 25:20 And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over against her, and she met them.

1 Kings 13:13,23 And he said to his sons: Saddle me the ass. And when they had saddled it, he got up, . . .

Drive

1 Samuel 25:19 And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her husband, Nabal.

Context
Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son
23And he said to her: Why dost thou go to him? to day is neither new moon nor sabbath. She answered: I will go. 24And she saddled an ass, and commanded her servant: Drive, and make haste, make no stay in going: And do that which I bid thee.25So she went forward, and came to the man of God, to mount Carmel: and when the man of God saw her coming towards, he said to Giezi, his servant: Behold that Sunamitess.…
Cross References
Genesis 22:3
So Abraham rising up in the night, saddled his ass, and took with him two young men, and Isaac his son: and when he had cut wood for the holocaust, he went his way to the place which God had commanded him.

2 Kings 4:23
And he said to her: Why dost thou go to him? to day is neither new moon nor sabbath. She answered: I will go.

2 Kings 4:25
So she went forward, and came to the man of God, to mount Carmel: and when the man of God saw her coming towards, he said to Giezi, his servant: Behold that Sunamitess.

Lexicon
Then she saddled
וַֽתַּחֲבֹשׁ֙ (wat·ta·ḥă·ḇōš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2280: To wrap firmly, to stop, to rule

the donkey
הָֽאָת֔וֹן (hā·’ā·ṯō·wn)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 860: A female donkey

and told
וַתֹּ֥אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

her servant,
נַעֲרָ֖הּ (na·‘ă·rāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

“Drive
נְהַ֣ג (nə·haḡ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5090: To drive forth, lead, carry away, to proceed, to sigh

onward;
וָלֵ֑ךְ (wā·lêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

slow
תַּעֲצָר־ (ta·‘ă·ṣār-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6113: To inclose, to hold back, to maintain, rule, assemble

the pace
לִרְכֹּ֔ב (lir·kōḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

for me
לִ֣י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

unless
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I tell
אָמַ֥רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

you.”
לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not your riding for me, except I bid you.

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.

And she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Be quick, proceed: spare not on my account to ride, unless I shall tell thee. Go, and thou shalt proceed, and come to the man of God to mount Carmel.

Then she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Drive and go forward; slack not the riding for me, except I bid thee.

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, "Drive, and go forward! Don't slow down for me, unless I ask you to."

And she saddleth the ass, and saith unto her young man, 'Lead, and go, do not restrain riding for me, except I have said so to thee.'
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