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Butאֲבָלgoodטוֹבִיםthingsדְּבָרִיםare foundנִמְצְאוּin you,עִמָּךְforכִּיyou have removedבִעַרְתָּthe Asherahsהָאֲשֵׁרוֹתfromמִןthe landהָאָרֶץand have setוַהֲכִינוֹתָyour heartלְבָבְךָto seekלִדְרֹשׁElohim.”הָאֱלֹהִים
2 Chronicles 19:3
Study it in the app“But good things are found in you, for you have removed the Asherahs from the land and have set your heart to seek Elohim.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 19:3, word by word
- Butאֲבָלaval
but
But, however.
Where else “aval” appears- goodטוֹבִיםtovim
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tovim” appears- thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- are foundנִמְצְאוּnimtsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsu” appears- you have removedבִעַרְתָּviarta
sweep away
To wipe out completely: "purge the evil".
Where else “viarta” appears- the Asherahsאֲשֵׁרוֹתasherot
Asherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “asherot” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and have setהֲכִינוֹתָhachinota
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “hachinota” appears- your heartלְבָבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- to seekדְרֹשׁderosh
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derosh” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
2Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate YHWH? Because of this there is wrath on you from before YHWH.
3 · This verse (above)
4Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to YHWH, Elohim of their fathers.