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He servedוַיַּעֲבֹדBaalהַבַּעַלand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶהto him,לוֹand provoked to angerוַיַּכְעֵסYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרhis fatherאָבִיוhad done.עָשָׂה
1 Kings 22:53
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1 Kings 22:53, word by word
- He servedיַּעֲבֹדyaavod
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavod” appears- Baalבַּעַלbaal
Baal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appears- and bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶהyishtachave
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachave” appears- and provoked to angerיַּכְעֵסyaches
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “yaches” 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- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” 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- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- had doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears
The context
52He 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.
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