1 Kings 16:2

““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,”

1 Kings 16:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and made youאֶתֶּנְeten

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

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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.

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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.

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but you have walkedתֵּלֶךְtelech

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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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.

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with their sinsחַטֹּאתָchatota

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

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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.

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