2 Chronicles 15:3

“Many days Israel was without the true Elohim, and without a priest who taught, and without instruction.”

2 Chronicles 15:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Chronicles 15:3, word by word

Manyרַבִּיםrabim

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rabim” appears
daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yamim” appears
Israel wasיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

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.

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the trueאֱמֶתemet

truth

What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.

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Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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a priestכֹּהֵןkohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

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who taughtמוֹרֶהmore

teach

To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.

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instructionתוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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The context

2and he went out before Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! YHWH is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will let himself be found by you; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

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4But in his distress he turned back to YHWH, Elohim of Israel; they sought him, and he let himself be found by them.

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