“Becauseיַעַן אֲשֶׁרI raised you upהֲרִימֹתִיךָfromמִןthe dustהֶעָפָרand made youוָאֶתֶּנְךָleaderנָגִידoverעַלmy peopleעַמִּיIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלbut you have walkedוַתֵּלֶךְin the wayבְּדֶרֶךְof Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםand have made my people Israel sin,וַתַּחֲטִא עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵלprovoking me to angerלְהַכְעִיסֵנִיwith their sins,בְּחַטֹּאתָם
1 Kings 16:2
Study it in the app““Because I raised you up from the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, but you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 16:2, word by word
- I raised you upהֲרִימֹתִיharimoti
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “harimoti” appears- the dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- and made youאֶתֶּנְeten
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “eten” appears- leaderנָגִידnagid
leader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “nagid” appears- my peopleעַמִּami
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” 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- but you have walkedתֵּלֶךְtelech
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “telech” appears- in the wayדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- 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).
Where else “yaravam” appears- and have made my people Israel sinתַּחֲטִאtachati
cause to sin
To lead others into doing wrong.
Where else “tachati” appears- provoking me to angerהַכְעִיסֵhachise
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “hachise” appears- with their sinsחַטֹּאתָchatota
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatota” appears
The context
1The word of YHWH came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3look, I am sweeping away after Baasha and after his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat.