Study it in the app“because of all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and with which they made Israel sin, provoking to anger YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, with their worthless idols.”
because ofאֶלallכָּלthe sinsחַטֹּאותof Baashaבַּעְשָׁאand the sinsוְחַטֹּאותof Elahאֵלָהhis son,בְנוֹwhichאֲשֶׁרthey sinnedחָטְאוּand with whichוַאֲשֶׁרthey made Israel sin,הֶחֱטִיאוּ יִשְׂרָאֵלprovoking to angerלְהַכְעִיסYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwith their worthless idols.בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatovt” appearsBaasha
Baasha: a name of uncertain meaning. It is the man of Issachar who conspired against Nadab, wiped out the house of Jeroboam and reigned twenty-four years over Israel (1 Kings 15:27–16:7).
Where else “basha” appearsElah
Elah, the name of several men (a chief of Edom; a king of Israel) and of the valley of Elah in Judah, where David defeated Goliath. As a common word it means "oak" or "terebinth".
Where else “ela” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatu” 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” appearsprovoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “hachis” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsworthless idol
Idols, which are nothing.
Where else “havle” appears“Worthless idols”: the Hebrew word means “vapor, breath,” something without weight or substance; this is what the text calls the false gods (Deuteronomy 32:21).
12Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke to Baasha through Jehu the prophet,
13 · This verse (above)
14The rest of the deeds of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
