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He acted very abominablyוַיַּתְעֵב מְאֹדin goingלָלֶכֶתafterאַחֲרֵיidols,הַגִּלֻּלִיםaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרthe Amoriteהָאֱמֹרִיhad done,עָשׂוּwhomאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהdispossessedהוֹרִישׁfrom beforeמִפְּנֵיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Kings 21:26
Study it in the app“He acted very abominably in going after idols, according to all that the Amorite had done, whom YHWH dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:26, word by word
- He acted very abominablyיַּתְעֵבyatev
act abominably
To do detestable things.
Where else “yatev” appears- He acted very abominablyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- in goingלֶכֶתlechet
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “lechet” appears- idolsגִּלֻּלִיםgilulim
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilulim” appears- the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- had doneעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- 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- dispossessedהוֹרִישׁhorish
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horish” appears- from beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of 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
The context
25Only there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what is evil in the eyes of YHWH, because Jezebel his wife incited him.
26 · This verse (above)
27And it happened, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted; and he lay in the sackcloth and went about slowly.