1 Kings 13:33

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַחַר֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לֹֽא־שָׁ֥ב יָרָבְעָ֖ם מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֑ה וַ֠יָּשָׁב וַיַּ֜עַשׂ מִקְצ֤וֹת הָעָם֙ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י בָמ֔וֹת הֶֽחָפֵץ֙ יְמַלֵּ֣א אֶת־יָד֔וֹ וִיהִ֖י כֹּהֲנֵ֥י בָמֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

After ʾaḥar the-ha-dāḇār the-ha-zeh not-lōʾ-šāḇ yārāḇʿām from-his-way the-evil mi-darkô ha-rāʿâ and wə-yāšāḇ and wə-yaʿaś from-mi-qəṣôṯ the-hā-ʿām kōhănê ḇāmôṯ the-one-desiring he-ḥāpēṣ yəmalēʾ ʾeṯ-his-hand and-he-became wî-hî kōhănê ḇāmôṯ.

Grammar Details

*ʾaḥar*: preposition - after
*ha-dāḇār ha-zeh*: article + noun masculine singular + article + demonstrative adjective - this thing
*lōʾ-šāḇ*: negative particle + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - did not return/turn
*yārāḇʿām*: proper name - Jeroboam
*mi-darkô*: preposition + noun feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his way
*ha-rāʿâ*: article + adjective feminine singular - the evil
*wə-yāšāḇ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he returned/turned
*wə-yaʿaś*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he made
*mi-qəṣôṯ*: preposition + noun feminine plural construct - from the ends of/from among
*hā-ʿām*: article + noun masculine singular - the people
*kōhănê*: noun masculine plural construct - priests of
*ḇāmôṯ*: noun feminine plural - high places
*he-ḥāpēṣ*: article + Qal participle masculine singular - the one desiring
*yəmalēʾ*: Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he would fill
*ʾeṯ-yādô*: direct object marker + noun feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand
*wî-hî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he became

Word Meanings

*šāḇ*: returned/turned back/repented
*darkô ha-rāʿâ*: his evil way/his wicked way/his bad path
*mi-qəṣôṯ hā-ʿām*: from among the people/from the lowest of the people/from all sorts of people
*kōhănê ḇāmôṯ*: priests of high places/priests for the shrines
*yəmalēʾ ʾeṯ-yādô*: he would fill his hand/he would consecrate/he would ordain

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 11:15 : 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
2 Chr 13:9 : 9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
Ps 78:34 : 34 When he slew{H8804)} them, then they sought{H8804)} him: and they returned{H8804)} and enquired early{H8765)} after God.
Jer 18:4 : 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Amos 6:11 : 11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Exod 28:41 : 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Num 1:51 : 51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Num 3:10 : 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Num 17:5 : 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
Num 17:12-13 : 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Judg 17:12 : 12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
1 Kgs 12:31-33 : 31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. 33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

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