2 Kings 18:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּדְבַּק֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה לֹא־סָ֖ר מֵאַֽחֲרָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ מִצְוֺתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

Transliteration

And wayyidbaq in YHWH, not sar from after him, and wayyishmor mitsvotav which tsivvah YHWH ʾet-Mosheh.

Grammar Details

*wayyidbaq*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he clung/adhered
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*sar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he turned aside/departed
*wayyishmor*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he kept/observed
*mitsvotav*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his commandments
*tsivvah*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he commanded
*Mosheh*: proper noun, masculine singular
*ʾet*: direct object marker

Word Meanings

*wayyidbaq*: clung to/adhered to/held fast to
*sar*: turned aside/departed/deviated
*wayyishmor*: kept/observed/guarded

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Referenced Verses

Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Josh 23:8 : 8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
John 14:15 : 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:10 : 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
2 Kgs 17:13 : 13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
2 Kgs 17:16 : 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
2 Kgs 17:19 : 19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
Jer 11:4 : 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

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