Do notוְאַלbeתִּהְיוּlike your fathersכַּאֲבוֹתֵיכֶםand like your brothers,וְכַאֲחֵיכֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere unfaithfulמָעֲלוּto YHWH,בַּיהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof their fathers,אֲבוֹתֵיהֶםso that he gave them overוַיִּתְּנֵםto horror,לְשַׁמָּהasכַּאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםsee.רֹאִים
2 Chronicles 30:7
Study it in the app“Do not be like your fathers and like your brothers, who were unfaithful to YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, so that he gave them over to horror, as you see.”
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2 Chronicles 30:7, word by word
- beתִּהְיוּtihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyu” appears- like your fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- and like your brothersאֲחֵיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- were unfaithfulמָעֲלוּmaalu
be unfaithful
Be unfaithful, break the loyalty owed; especially, keep for oneself what belongs to God.
Where else “maalu” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- so that he gave them overיִּתְּנֵyitne
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “yitne” appears- to horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- seeרֹאִיםroim
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roim” appears
The context
6So the runners went with the letters from the hand of the king and his officials through all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, “Sons of Israel, return to YHWH, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to those who escaped who are left to you from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
7 · This verse (above)
8Now do not stiffen your necks like your fathers; give your hand to YHWH, and come to his sanctuary which he has sanctified forever, and serve YHWH your Elohim, and his burning anger will turn away from you.