5:13 His servants approached and said to him, “O master,15 if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task,16 you would have been willing to do it.17 It seems you should be happy that he simply said, “Wash and you will be healed.”18
tnHeb “my father,” reflecting the perspective of each individual servant. To address their master as “father” would emphasize his authority and express their respect. See BDB 3s.v.אָב and the similar idiomatic use of “father” in 2 Kgs 2:12.
tnHeb “would you not do [it]?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you would.”
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tnHeb “How much more [when] he said, “Wash and be healed.” The second imperative (“be healed”) states the expected result of obeying the first (‘wash”).