1 Kings 14:15

“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.”

1 Kings 14:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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will strikeהִכָּהhika

punish

God punishes with a plague.

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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.

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the reedקָּנֶהkane

reed

A tall hollow marsh plant; or a fragrant one.

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swaysיָנוּדyanud

sway

To sway, like a reed.

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in the waterמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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and he will uprootנָתַשׁnatash

uproot

Uproot, tear out of its place.

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goodטּוֹבָהtova

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

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landאֲדָמָהadama

land

A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.

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he gaveנָתַןnatan

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to their fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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and will scatter themזֵרָzera

scatter

To strew people or things about.

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beyondעֵבֶרever

beyond

Past the river, especially the Jordan.

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the River Euphratesנָּהָרnahar

river

River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.

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they have madeעָשׂוּasu

make

To build or create something.

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their Asherahsאֲשֵׁרֵיashere

Asherah

Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.

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provoking YHWH to angerמַכְעִיסִיםmachisim

provoke

To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.

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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.”

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