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And Solomonוַ שְׁלֹמֹהwentיֵּלֶךְafterאַחֲרֵיAstarte,עַשְׁתֹּרֶתthe godאֱלֹהֵיof the Sidonians,צִדֹנִיםand afterוְאַחֲרֵיMilcom,מִלְכֹּםthe detestable thingשִׁקֻּץof the Ammonites.עַמֹּנִים
1 Kings 11:5
Study it in the app“And Solomon went after Astarte, the god of the Sidonians, and after Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:5, word by word
- And Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- Astarteעַשְׁתֹּרֶתashtoret
Ashtoreth
Ashtoreth: goddess of the Sidonians and of other peoples of Canaan, worshiped together with Baal. The Hebrew calls her "god of the Sidonians" because it has no word for "goddess." In the plural, "the Ashtaroth," her images.
Where else “ashtoret” appears- the godאֱלֹהֵיelohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appears- of the Sidoniansצִדֹנִיםtsidonim
Sidonian
Sidonian: an inhabitant of Sidon, a city on the coast north of Israel.
Where else “tsidonim” appears- Milcomמִלְכֹּםmilkom
Milcom
Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; he is also called Malcam, "their king".
Where else “milkom” appears- the detestable thingשִׁקֻּץshikuts
detestable thing
Detestable thing: what is disgusting; said above all of idols.
Where else “shikuts” appears- of the Ammonitesעַמֹּנִיםamonim
Ammonite
Ammonite: a descendant of Ammon, the son of Lot.
Where else “amonim” appears
Translation note
For Astarte the Hebrew uses the word “god” in the masculine; it has no word of its own for “goddess.”
The context
4And it happened, at the time of Solomon’s old age, that his wives inclined his heart after other gods; and his heart was not whole with YHWH his Elohim, like the heart of David his father.
5 · This verse (above)
6And Solomon did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and did not follow fully YHWH, like David his father.