2 Kings 17:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָעַוִּ֛ים עָשׂ֥וּ נִבְחַ֖ז וְאֶת־תַּרְתָּ֑ק וְהַסְפַרְוִ֗ים שֹׂרְפִ֤ים אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ לְאַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וַֽעֲנַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֱלֹהֵ֥י סְפַרְוָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

wə-hā-ʿawwîm ʿāśû nibḥaz wə-ʾet-tartāq wə-ha-səparwîm śōrəpîm ʾet-bənêhem bā-ʾēš lə-ʾadrammelek wa-ʿănammelek ʾĕlōhê səparwāyim

Grammar Details

*wə-hā-ʿawwîm*: conjunction + definite article + proper noun - and the Avvites
*ʿāśû*: Qal perfect 3cp - made
*nibḥaz*: proper noun - Nibhaz
*wə-ʾet*: conjunction + direct object marker
*tartāq*: proper noun - Tartak
*wə-ha-səparwîm*: conjunction + definite article + proper noun - and the Sepharvites
*śōrəpîm*: Qal participle mp - burning
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*bənêhem*: masculine plural construct + 3mp suffix - their sons
*bā-ʾēš*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - in the fire
*lə-ʾadrammelek*: preposition + proper noun - for Adrammelech
*wa-ʿănammelek*: conjunction + proper noun - and Anammelech
*ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct - gods of
*səparwāyim*: proper noun - Sepharvaim

Word Meanings

*śōrəpîm*: burning/consuming by fire (as sacrifice)
*ʾĕlōhê*: gods of (plural construct)

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 17:24 : 24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
2 Kgs 17:17 : 17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
2 Kgs 19:37 : 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Ezra 4:9 : 9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
Lev 18:21 : 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Deut 12:28 : 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
Deut 12:31 : 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

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2 Kgs 19:18
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