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

new moon

Numbers 10:10 If at any time you shall have a banquet, and on your festival days, and on the first days of your months, you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts, and the sacrifices of peace offerings, that they may be to you for a remembrance of your God. I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 28:11 And on the first day of the month you shall offer a holocaust to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish,

1 Chronicles 23:31 As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord.

Isaiah 1:13-15 Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination to me. The new moons, and the sabbaths and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked. . . .

well [heb] peace

2 Kings 4:26 Go, therefore, to meet her, and say to her: Is all well with thee, and with thy husband, and with thy son? And she answered: Well.

Context
Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son
22She called her husband, and said: Send with me, I beseech thee, one of thy servants, and an ass, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. 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.…
Cross References
Numbers 10:10
If at any time you shall have a banquet, and on your festival days, and on the first days of your months, you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts, and the sacrifices of peace offerings, that they may be to you for a remembrance of your God. I am the Lord your God.

Numbers 28:11
And on the first day of the month you shall offer a holocaust to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish,

2 Kings 4:22
She called her husband, and said: Send with me, I beseech thee, one of thy servants, and an ass, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

2 Kings 4:24
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.

1 Chronicles 23:31
As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord.

Amos 8:5
Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,

Lexicon
“Why
מַ֠דּוּעַ (mad·dū·a‘)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4069: Why? for what reason?

would you
אַ֣תְּ (’at)
Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

go
הֹלֶ֤כֶת (hō·le·ḵeṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to him
אֵלָיו֙ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

today?”
הַיּ֔וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

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

“It is not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

a New Moon
חֹ֖דֶשׁ (ḥō·ḏeš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month

or a Sabbath.”
שַׁבָּ֑ת (šab·bāṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath

“Everything is all right,”
שָׁלֽוֹם׃ (šā·lō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

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


Additional Translations
“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.And he said, Why will you go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

And he said, Why art thou going to him to-day? It is neither new moon, nor the Sabbath. And she said, It is well.

And he said, Why wilt thou go to him to-day? It is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, [It is] well.

And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

And he said, Why wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new-moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

He said, "Why would you want go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath." She said, "It's alright."

And he saith, 'Wherefore art thou going unto him to-day? -- neither new moon nor sabbath!' and she saith, 'Peace to thee!'
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