Study it in the app“He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.”
He didוַיַּעַשׂwhat was evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand walkedוַיֵּלֶךְin the wayבְּדֶרֶךְof his father,אָבִיוand in the wayוּבְדֶרֶךְof his mother,אִמּוֹand in the wayוּבְדֶרֶךְof Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםsonבֶּןof Nebat,נְבָטwhoאֲשֶׁרmade Israel sin.הֶחֱטִיא יִשְׂרָאֵל
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsYHWH
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” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “yelech” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appearsJeroboam
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” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsNebat
Nebat: father of Jeroboam, the first king of the northern tribes. He almost always appears in the phrase "Jeroboam son of Nebat."
Where else “nevat” appearscause to sin
To lead others into doing wrong.
Where else “hecheti” appearsIsrael
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” appears51Ahaziah son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in year seventeen of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.
52 · This verse (above)
53He served Baal and bowed down to him, and provoked to anger YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
