7 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.17.7",
"source": "וַיְהִ֗י כִּֽי־חָטְא֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם הַמַּעֲלֶ֤ה אֹתָם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם מִתַּ֕חַת יַ֖ד פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָ֑יִם וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים׃",
"text": "*wə*-*yəhî* *kî*-*ḥāṭəʾū* *bənê*-*yisrāʾēl* to-*YHWH* *ʾĕlōhêhem*, the-one-*maʿăleh* *ʾōtām* from-*ʾereṣ* *miṣrayim* from-under *yad* *parʿōh* *melek*-*miṣrayim*, *wə*-*yîrəʾū* *ʾĕlōhîm* *ʾăḥērîm*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yəhî*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and it happened",
"*kî*": "conjunction - because/that",
"*ḥāṭəʾū*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they sinned",
"*bənê*": "construct plural - sons of/children of",
"*yisrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*la-YHWH*": "preposition with divine name - against/to YHWH",
"*ʾĕlōhêhem*": "noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their God",
"*ha-maʿăleh*": "definite hiphil participle, masculine singular - the one bringing up",
"*ʾōtām*": "direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them",
"*mē-ʾereṣ*": "preposition with noun - from land of",
"*miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt",
"*mi-taḥat*": "compound preposition - from under",
"*yad*": "construct state, feminine singular - hand of",
"*parʿōh*": "proper noun - Pharaoh",
"*melek-miṣrayim*": "construct state with proper noun - king of Egypt",
"*wə-yîrəʾū*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural - they feared",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - gods",
"*ʾăḥērîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - other"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥāṭəʾū*": "sinned/offended/transgressed",
"*bənê*": "sons of/children of",
"*maʿăleh*": "bringing up/brought up/who brought up",
"*mi-taḥat yad*": "from under the hand of/from the authority of",
"*yîrəʾū*": "feared/revered/worshiped",
"*ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm*": "other gods/foreign gods"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.17.8",
"source": "וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ בְּחֻקּ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הוֹרִ֣ישׁ יְהוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּמַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשֽׂוּ׃",
"text": "*wə*-*yēlkū* in-*ḥuqqōt* the-*gōyim* *ʾăsher* *hōrîsh* *YHWH* from-before *bənê* *yisrāʾēl*, and-*malkê* *yisrāʾēl* *ʾăsher* *ʿāsū*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yēlkū*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural - they walked",
"*bə-ḥuqqōt*": "preposition with feminine plural construct - in statutes of",
"*ha-gōyim*": "definite noun, masculine plural - the nations",
"*ʾăsher*": "relative pronoun - whom/which",
"*hōrîsh*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he drove out",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - YHWH",
"*mi-pənê*": "preposition with construct plural - from before",
"*bənê*": "construct plural - sons of/children of",
"*yisrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*u-malkê*": "conjunction with construct plural - and kings of",
"*ʾăsher*": "relative pronoun - whom/which",
"*ʿāsū*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they made/did"
},
"variants": {
"*yēlkū*": "walked/followed/went",
"*ḥuqqōt*": "statutes/customs/practices",
"*gōyim*": "nations/gentiles/heathen",
"*hōrîsh*": "drove out/dispossessed/expelled",
"*mi-pənê*": "from before/from the presence of",
"*ʿāsū*": "made/did/established"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.17.9",
"source": "וַיְחַפְּא֣וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל דְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־כֵ֔ן עַל־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּבְנ֨וּ לָהֶ֤ם בָּמוֹת֙ בְּכָל־עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל נוֹצְרִ֖ים עַד־עִ֥יר מִבְצָֽר׃",
"text": "*wə*-*yəḥappəʾū* *bənê*-*yisrāʾēl* *dəbārîm* *ʾăsher* *lōʾ*-*kēn* against-*YHWH* *ʾĕlōhêhem*, *wə*-*yibnū* to-them *bāmōt* in-all-*ʿārêhem* from-*migdal* *nōṣərîm* until-*ʿîr* *mibṣār*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yəḥappəʾū*": "piel imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural - they covered/concealed",
"*bənê*": "construct plural - sons of/children of",
"*yisrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*dəbārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - things/matters/words",
"*ʾăsher*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*lōʾ-kēn*": "negative particle with adverb - not right/improper",
"*ʿal-YHWH*": "preposition with divine name - against YHWH",
"*ʾĕlōhêhem*": "noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their God",
"*wə-yibnū*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural - they built",
"*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for themselves",
"*bāmōt*": "noun, feminine plural - high places",
"*bə-kol-ʿārêhem*": "preposition with construct and 3rd masculine plural suffix - in all their cities",
"*mi-migdal*": "preposition with construct - from tower of",
"*nōṣərîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - watchmen",
"*ʿad-ʿîr*": "preposition with construct - to city of",
"*mibṣār*": "noun, masculine singular - fortification/fortress"
},
"variants": {
"*yəḥappəʾū*": "covered up/did secretly/concealed",
"*dəbārîm*": "things/words/matters/practices",
"*lōʾ-kēn*": "not right/improper/false",
"*bāmōt*": "high places/shrines/altars",
"*migdal nōṣərîm*": "watchtower/tower of watchmen",
"*ʿîr mibṣār*": "fortified city/fortress city"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.17.10",
"source": "וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ לָהֶ֛ם מַצֵּב֖וֹת וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים עַ֚ל כָּל־גִּבְעָ֣ה גְבֹהָ֔ה וְתַ֖חַת כָּל־עֵ֥ץ רַעֲנָֽן׃",
"text": "*wə*-*yaṣṣîbū* to-them *maṣṣēbōt* and-*ʾăshērîm* on all-*gibʿāh* *gəbōhāh* and-under all-*ʿēṣ* *raʿănān*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yaṣṣîbū*": "hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural - they set up",
"*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - for themselves",
"*maṣṣēbōt*": "noun, feminine plural - pillars/standing stones",
"*wa-ʾăshērîm*": "conjunction with noun, masculine plural - and Asherah poles",
"*ʿal kol-gibʿāh*": "preposition with construct and noun - on every hill",
"*gəbōhāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - high",
"*wə-taḥat*": "conjunction with preposition - and under",
"*kol-ʿēṣ*": "construct with noun - every tree",
"*raʿănān*": "adjective, masculine singular - leafy/green/luxuriant"
},
"variants": {
"*yaṣṣîbū*": "set up/erected/established",
"*maṣṣēbōt*": "pillars/sacred stones/standing stones",
"*ʾăshērîm*": "Asherah poles/sacred poles/wooden images",
"*gibʿāh gəbōhāh*": "high hill/lofty hill",
"*ʿēṣ raʿănān*": "leafy tree/green tree/luxuriant tree"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.17.11",
"source": "וַיְקַטְּרוּ־שָׁם֙ בְּכָל־בָּמ֔וֹת כַּגּוֹיִ֕ם אֲשֶׁר־הֶגְלָ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙ דְּבָרִ֣ים רָעִ֔ים לְהַכְעִ֖יס אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃",
"text": "*wə*-*yəqaṭṭərū*-there in-all-*bāmōt* like-the-*gōyim* *ʾăsher*-*heglāh* *YHWH* from-before-them, *wə*-*yaʿăsū* *dəbārîm* *rāʿîm* to-*hakʿîs* *ʾet*-*YHWH*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yəqaṭṭərū*": "piel imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural - they burned incense",
"*shām*": "adverb - there",
"*bə-kol-bāmōt*": "preposition with construct and noun - in all high places",
"*ka-gōyim*": "preposition with noun - like the nations",
"*ʾăsher*": "relative pronoun - whom",
"*heglāh*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he exiled/removed",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - YHWH",
"*mi-pənêhem*": "preposition with construct and 3rd masculine plural suffix - from before them",
"*wə-yaʿăsū*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural - they did",
"*dəbārîm*": "noun, masculine plural - things",
"*rāʿîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - evil",
"*lə-hakʿîs*": "preposition with hiphil infinitive construct - to provoke to anger",
"*ʾet-YHWH*": "direct object marker with divine name - YHWH"
},
"variants": {
"*yəqaṭṭərū*": "burned incense/offered sacrifices",
"*bāmōt*": "high places/shrines",
"*heglāh*": "exiled/removed/carried away",
"*dəbārîm rāʿîm*": "evil things/wicked deeds",
"*hakʿîs*": "provoke to anger/vex/irritate"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "2 Kings.17.12",
"source": "וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ הַגִּלֻּלִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ לָהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תַעֲשׂ֖וּ אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃",
"text": "*wə*-*yaʿabdū* the-*gillūlîm* *ʾăsher* *ʾāmar* *YHWH* to-them *lōʾ* *taʿăsū* *ʾet*-the-*dābār* the-this.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yaʿabdū*": "qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd common plural - they served",
"*ha-gillūlîm*": "definite noun, masculine plural - the idols/dung idols",
"*ʾăsher*": "relative pronoun - about which",
"*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - YHWH",
"*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*taʿăsū*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall do",
"*ʾet-ha-dābār*": "direct object marker with definite noun - the thing",
"*ha-zeh*": "definite demonstrative pronoun - this"
},
"variants": {
"*yaʿabdū*": "served/worshiped",
"*gillūlîm*": "idols/dung idols/abominations",
"*taʿăsū*": "do/practice/perform"
}
}