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They enteredוַיָּבֹאוּinto the covenantבַבְּרִיתto seekלִדְרוֹשׁYHWH,יְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיof their fathers,אֲבוֹתֵיהֶםwith allבְּכָלtheir heartלְבָבָםand with allוּבְכָלtheir soul;נַפְשָׁם
2 Chronicles 15:12
Study it in the app“They entered into the covenant to seek YHWH, Elohim of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 15:12, word by word
- They enteredיָּבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears- into the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- to seekדְרוֹשׁderosh
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derosh” 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- Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of their fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- their heartלְבָבָlevava
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levava” appears- their soulנַפְשָׁnafsha
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsha” appears
The context
11They sacrificed to YHWH on that day, from the spoil that they had brought, seven hundred cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats.
12 · This verse (above)
13and whoever would not seek YHWH, Elohim of Israel, would be put to death, from small to great, from man to woman.