Study it in the app“For the majority of the people, many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover not as it is written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May YHWH, the good one, make expiation for”
Forכִּיthe majorityמַרְבִּיתof the people,הָעָםmanyרַבַּתfrom Ephraimמֵאֶפְרַיִםand Manasseh,וּמְנַשֶּׁהIssacharיִשָּׂשכָרand Zebulun,וּזְבֻלוּןhad notלֹאcleansed themselves,הִטֶּהָרוּyetכִּיthey ateאָכְלוּthe Passoverאֶת הַפֶּסַחnotבְּלֹאasכַit is written.כָּתוּבButכִּיHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהוּprayedהִתְפַּלֵּלfor them,עֲלֵיהֶםsaying,לֵאמֹר“May YHWH,יְהוָהthe good one,הַטּוֹבmake expiationיְכַפֵּרforבְּעַד
majority
Most of them, the larger part.
Where else “marbit” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabat” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsManasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appearsIssachar
Issachar, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "wages".
Where else “yisashchar” appearsZebulun
Zebulun, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land.
Where else “zevulun” appearsbe clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “hiteharu” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achlu” appearsPassover
Passover (pesach): the festival that recalls the night when God "passed over" the houses of Israel and brought them out of Egypt; also the animal sacrificed that night.
Where else “pesach” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katuv” appearsHezekiah
Hezekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is my strength" or "YHWH strengthens." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:20; 18-20; Isaiah 36-39); other men also bear it (Zephaniah 1:1; Nehemiah 7:21).
Where else “yechizkiyahu” appearspray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “hitpalel” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” 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” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearsatone
To cover guilt so there is forgiveness.
Where else “yechaper” appears17For many in the assembly were those who had not sanctified themselves; so the Levites were in charge of the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to YHWH.
18 · This verse (above)
19everyone who has set his heart to seek Elohim, YHWH, the Elohim of his fathers, even though it is not according to the purity of the sanctuary.”
