1 Kings 16:19

“because of his sins that he sinned, doing what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin that he committed, making Israel sin.”

1 Kings 16:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 16:19, word by word

his sinsחַטֹּאתָיchatotay

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

Where else “chatotay” appears
he sinnedחָטָאchata

sin

To do wrong, fail God or another.

Where else “chata” appears
doingעֲשׂוֹתasot

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asot” appears
what was evilרַעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears
in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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of 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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walkingלֶכֶתlechet

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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in the wayדֶרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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of Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםyaravam

Jeroboam

Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).

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making Israel sinיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

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 context

18And it happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,

19 · This verse (above)

20The rest of the deeds of Zimri, and his conspiracy that he conspired, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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