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Omriעָמְרִיdidוַיַּעֲשֶׂהwhat was evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand did more evilוַיָּרַעthan allמִכֹּלwhoאֲשֶׁרwere before him.לְפָנָיו
1 Kings 16:25
Study it in the app“Omri did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and did more evil than all who were before him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 16:25, word by word
- Omriעָמְרִיamri
Omri
Omri: a name of uncertain meaning. He is the army commander made king of Israel, who built Samaria and was the father of Ahab (1 Kings 16:16-28); other men bear the same name in Chronicles.
Where else “amri” appears- didיַּעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” 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.
Where else “ene” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- and did more evilיָּרַעyara
do evil
To harm someone; evildoers.
Where else “yara” appears- were before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears
The context
24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver, and he built on the hill; and he called the name of the city that he built after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.
25 · This verse (above)
26He walked in all the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and in his sin, with which he made Israel sin, provoking to anger YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, with their worthless idols.