Study it in the app“He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he had devised from his heart; and he held a festival for the sons of Israel, and went up to the altar to offer up in smoke.”
He went upוַיַּעַלtoעַלthe altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַthatאֲשֶׁרhe had madeעָשָׂהin Bethelבְּבֵית אֵלon the fifteenthבַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםin the eighthבַּ הַשְּׁמִינִיmonth,חֹדֶשׁin the monthבַּחֹדֶשׁthatאֲשֶׁרhe had devisedבָּדָאfrom his heart;מִלִּבּוֹand he heldוַיַּעַשׂa festivalחָגfor the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand went upוַיַּעַלtoעַלthe altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַto offer up in smoke.לְהַקְטִיר
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appearsBethel
See it on the mapWhere else “vet” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearseighth
Eighth.
Where else “shemini” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsdevise, invent
Devise, invent something on one's own. In the Bible it appears only twice (1 Kings 12:33; Nehemiah 6:8), both times of something a person makes up himself.
Where else “bada” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appearsfestival
Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.
Where else “chag” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsburn up
To send up the sacrifice as smoke on the altar.
Where else “haktir” appears“From his heart”: this is the form that Hebrew tradition directs to be read; the written letters say “on his own, apart.” The sense is the same: it was his own idea, not a command of YHWH.
Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
32Jeroboam held a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that was in Judah, and he went up to the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made; and he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
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