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Ahabאַחְאָבsonבֶּןof Omriעָמְרִיdidוַיַּעַשׂwhat was evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWHיְהוָהmore than allמִכֹּלwhoאֲשֶׁרwere before him.לְפָנָיו
1 Kings 16:30
Study it in the app“Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH more than all who were before him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 16:30, word by word
- Ahabאַחְאָבachav
Ahab
Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “achav” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of 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- didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” 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- were before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears
The context
29Ahab son of Omri began to reign over Israel in year thirty and eight of Asa king of Judah; and Ahab son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
30 · This verse (above)
31And it happened, as if it were a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and bowed down to him.