Study it in the app“Now call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; anyone who is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.”
Nowוְעַתָּהcallקִרְאוּto meאֵלַיallכָלthe prophetsנְבִיאֵיof Baal,הַבַּעַלallכָּלhis worshipersעֹבְדָיוand allוְכָלhis priests;כֹּהֲנָיוlet noאַלoneאִישׁbe missing,יִפָּקֵדforכִּיI haveלִיa greatגָּדוֹלsacrificeזֶבַחfor Baal;לַבַּעַלanyoneכֹּל אֲשֶׁרwho is missingיִפָּקֵדwill notלֹאlive.”יִחְיֶהBut Jehuוְיֵהוּאwas actingעָשָׂהwith cunningבְעָקְבָּהin orderלְמַעַןto destroyהַאֲבִידthe worshipersעֹבְדֵיof Baal.הַבָּעַל
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “kiru” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “nevie” appearsBaal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “ovday” appearspagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohanay” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsbe missing
To find something gone.
Where else “yipaked” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearssacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appearslive
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yichye” appearsJehu
Jehu: a name meaning "YHWH is he." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Hanani, who spoke against Baasha (1 Kings 16), and the king of Israel anointed to put an end to the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9–10).
Where else “yehu” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearscunning, trickery
Cunning, a deceit plotted to make another fall. It appears only once (2 Kings 10:19), of Jehu, who pretends to want to serve Baal. It is of the same root as the name Jacob.
Where else “akba” appearsdestroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “haavid” appears18Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.
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20Jehu said, “Consecrate a solemn assembly for Baal.” And they proclaimed it.
