Study it in the app“For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what is evil in the eyes of YHWH our Elohim; they abandoned him, and turned their faces away from the dwelling of YHWH, and turned their backs.”
Forכִּיour fathersאֲבֹתֵינוּhave been unfaithfulמָעֲלוּand have doneוְעָשׂוּwhat is evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWHיְהוָהour Elohim;אֱלֹהֵינוּthey abandoned him,וַיַּעַזְבֻהוּand turnedוַיַּסֵּבּוּtheir facesפְנֵיהֶםaway fromמִthe dwellingמִּשְׁכַּןof YHWH,יְהוָהand turned their backs.וַיִּתְּנוּ עֹרֶף
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsbe unfaithful
Be unfaithful, break the loyalty owed; especially, keep for oneself what belongs to God.
Where else “maalu” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsforsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “yaazvu” appearsturn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “yasebu” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fene” appearsdwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “yitnu” appearsback
To show the nape, flee.
Where else “oref” appears5and said to them, “Listen to me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, and carry out the impurity from the Holy Place.
6 · This verse (above)
7They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps, and incense they did not burn, and burnt offering they did not offer in the Holy Place to the Elohim of Israel.
