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everyone whoכָּלhas setהֵכִיןhis heartלְבָבוֹto seekלִדְרוֹשׁElohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof his fathers,אֲבוֹתָיוeven though it isוְnotלֹאaccording to the purityכְּטָהֳרַתof the sanctuary.”הַקֹּדֶשׁ
2 Chronicles 30:19
Study it in the app“everyone 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 30:19, word by word
- has setהֵכִיןhechin
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “hechin” appears- his heartלְבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- to seekדְרוֹשׁderosh
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- 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- of his fathersאֲבוֹתָיavotay
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appears- according to the purityטָהֳרַתtahorat
purification
Purification: the passage from unclean to clean, and the time it lasts.
Where else “tahorat” appears- of the sanctuaryקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears
The context
18For 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
19 · This verse (above)
20YHWH heard Hezekiah and healed the people.