Study it in the app“But they committed unfaithfulness against the Elohim of their fathers, and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom Elohim had destroyed before them.”
But they committed unfaithfulnessוַיִּמְעֲלוּagainst the Elohimבֵּאלֹהֵיof their fathers,אֲבוֹתֵיהֶםand prostituted themselvesוַיִּזְנוּafterאַחֲרֵיthe godsאֱלֹהֵיof the peoplesעַמֵּיof the land,הָאָרֶץwhomאֲשֶׁרElohimאֱלֹהִיםhad destroyedהִשְׁמִידbefore them.מִפְּנֵיהֶם
be unfaithful
Be unfaithful, break the loyalty owed; especially, keep for oneself what belongs to God.
Where else “yimalu” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsbe unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “yiznu” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishmid” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears“Prostituted themselves after the gods”: it is the image with which the Bible speaks of leaving YHWH to follow the false gods of other peoples, like one who is unfaithful to a spouse (Exodus 34:15-16).
24And these were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, men, mighty men of valor, men of renown, heads of their fathers’ houses.
25 · This verse (above)
26And the Elohim of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them into exile, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, to this day.
