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And thisוַ הַזֶּהthingהַדָּבָרbecameיְהִיa sin;לְחַטָּאתand the peopleוַ הָעָםwentיֵּלְכוּbeforeלִפְנֵיthe oneהָאֶחָדas far asעַדDan.דָּן
1 Kings 12:30
Study it in the app“And this thing became a sin; and the people went before the one as far as Dan.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 12:30, word by word
- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- becameיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- a sinחַטָּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- and the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- Danדָּןdan
Dan
See it on the mapWhere else “dan” appears
Places in this verse
Dan
Today: Tel Dan nature reserve, northern Israel
A city at the far north of Israel, at the foot of Mount Hermon.
The tribe of Dan took the city and gave it their name (Judg 18:29). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
The context
29He set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
30 · This verse (above)
31He also made a house of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.