Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961 [e] וַיְהִ֗י way-hî, and it came to pass Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away 1c3) to bring up, draw up, train 1c4) to cause to ascend 1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally) 1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts) 1c7) to exalt 1c8) to cause to ascend, offer 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be carried away, be led up 1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in 1d3) to be offered 1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself">5927 [e] בְּהַעֲל֤וֹת bə-ha-‘ă-lō-wṯ when was about to take up Prep-b | V-Hifil-Inf 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136">3068 [e] יְהוָה֙ Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1) the great prophet of the reign of Ahab 2) Benjamite son of Jeroham 3) a son of Elam with foreign wife during exile 4) a son of Harim, and priest, with foreign wife during exile">452 [e] אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ ’ê-lî-yā-hū, Elijah N-proper-ms 1a) tempest">5591 [e] בַּֽסְעָרָ֖ה bas-‘ā-rāh by a whirlwind Prep-b, Art | N-fs 1a) visible heavens, sky 1a1) as abode of the stars 1a2) as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc 1b) Heaven (as the abode of God)">8064 [e] הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם haš-šā-mā-yim; into heaven Art | N-mp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away 1a2) to die, live, manner of life (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to walk 1b2) to walk (fig.) 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to traverse 1c2) to walk about 1d) (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk">1980 [e] וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ way-yê-leḵ that went Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1) the great prophet of the reign of Ahab 2) Benjamite son of Jeroham 3) a son of Elam with foreign wife during exile 4) a son of Harim, and priest, with foreign wife during exile">452 [e] אֵלִיָּ֛הוּ ’ê-lî-yā-hū Elijah N-proper-ms 1) the great prophet who succeeded Elijah">477 [e] וֶאֱלִישָׁ֖ע we-’ĕ-lî-šā‘ and with Elisha Conj-w | N-proper-ms 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that">4480 [e] מִן־ min- from Prep 1) the first site of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho, here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king; later used for illicit worship 2) dwelling place of prophets in northern Israel about four miles (7 km) from Shiloh and Bethel 3) a region conquered by Joshua, site unsure">1537 [e] הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃ hag-gil-gāl. Gilgal Art | N-proper-fs

New American Standard Bible
And it came about when the LORD was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

King James Bible
And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The time had come for the LORD to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal,

take up

Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

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Luke 9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received …

Acts 1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken …

Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was …

Revelation 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up …

by a whirlwind

1 Kings 18:12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the …

1 Kings 19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand on the mount before the LORD. And, …

Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Elisha

1 Kings 19:16-21 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel…

Gilgal

Joshua 4:19 And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first …

Joshua 5:9 And the LORD said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach …

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