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ThusכָּזֹאתHezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהוּdidוַיַּעַשׂin allבְּכָלJudah;יְהוּדָהand he didוַיַּעַשׂwhat was goodהַטּוֹבand rightוְהַיָּשָׁרand trueוְהָאֱמֶתbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהhis Elohim.אֱלֹהָיו
2 Chronicles 31:20
Study it in the app“Thus Hezekiah did in all Judah; and he did what was good and right and true before YHWH his Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 31:20, word by word
- Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהוּyechizkiyahu
Hezekiah
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” appears- didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- what was goodטּוֹבtov
what is right
What is right and just, which God approves, the opposite of evil.
Where else “tov” appears- and rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- and trueאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- his Elohimאֱלֹהָיelohay
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohay” appears
The context
19And for the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of the pasturelands of their cities, in every city there were men who had been designated by name to give portions to every male among the priests and to everyone enrolled in the genealogy among the Levites.
20 · This verse (above)
21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of Elohim, and in the law and in the commandment, to seek his Elohim, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.