Study it in the app“He brought back the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, which he spoke through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.”
Heהוּאbrought backהֵשִׁיבthe territoryאֶת גְּבוּלof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלfrom the entranceמִלְּבוֹאof Hamathחֲמָתtoעַדthe Seaיָםof the Arabah,הָעֲרָבָהaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhichאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרthroughבְּיַדhis servantעַבְדּוֹJonahיוֹנָהsonבֶןof Amittai,אֲמִתַּיthe prophet,הַנָּבִיאwho wasאֲשֶׁרfrom Gath-hepher.מִגַּת הַחֵפֶר
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “levo” appearsHamath
Hamath, a city and region of Syria, north of the promised land. "The entrance of Hamath" marks the northern border.
Where else “chamat” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsArabah
The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Where else “arava” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsservant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avd” appearsJonah
Jonah. A personal name meaning "dove." Prophet, son of Amittai, from Gath-hepher, in the time of Jeroboam son of Joash (2 Kings 14:25); the same as in the book of Jonah.
Where else “yona” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsAmittai
Amittai. A personal name, from the Hebrew word for "truth, faithfulness." Father of the prophet Jonah (2 Kings 14:25; Jonah 1:1).
Where else “amitay” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appearsGath-hepher
Gath-hepher: a town of Zebulun; the prophet Jonah came from there (2 Kings 14:25).
Where else “gat” appearsThis is the same Jonah son of Amittai of the book of Jonah (Jonah 1:1). The “Sea of the Arabah” is the Dead Sea.
24He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH; he did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin.
25 · This verse (above)
26For YHWH saw the affliction of Israel, very bitter; there was none kept and none left, and there was no helper for Israel.
