YHWHיְהוָהwill strikeוְהִכָּהIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלasכַּאֲשֶׁרthe reedהַקָּנֶהswaysיָנוּדin the water;בַּמַּיִםand he will uprootוְנָתַשׁIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלfrom offמֵעַלthisהַזֹּאתgoodהַטּוֹבָהlandהָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe gaveנָתַןto their fathers,לַאֲבוֹתֵיהֶםand will scatter themוְזֵרָםbeyondמֵעֵבֶרthe River Euphrates,לַנָּהָרbecauseיַעַן אֲשֶׁרthey have madeעָשׂוּtheir Asherahs,אֲשֵׁרֵיהֶםprovoking YHWH to anger.מַכְעִיסִים יְהוָה
1 Kings 14:15
Study it in the app“YHWH will strike Israel, as the reed sways in the water; and he will uproot Israel from off this good land that he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River Euphrates, because they have made their Asherahs, provoking YHWH to anger.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 14:15, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will strikeהִכָּהhika
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “hika” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- the reedקָּנֶהkane
reed
A tall hollow marsh plant; or a fragrant one.
Where else “kane” appears- swaysיָנוּדyanud
sway
To sway, like a reed.
Where else “yanud” appears- in the waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- and he will uprootנָתַשׁnatash
uproot
Uproot, tear out of its place.
Where else “natash” appears- goodטּוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- landאֲדָמָהadama
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” appears- he gaveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- to their fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- and will scatter themזֵרָzera
scatter
To strew people or things about.
Where else “zera” appears- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the River Euphratesנָּהָרnahar
river
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nahar” appears- they have madeעָשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- their Asherahsאֲשֵׁרֵיashere
Asherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “ashere” appears- provoking YHWH to angerמַכְעִיסִיםmachisim
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “machisim” appears
The context
14And YHWH will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day; and what? Even now.
15 · This verse (above)
16And he will give up Israel because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and with which he made Israel sin.”