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They servedוַיַּעַבְדוּthe idols,הַגִּלֻּלִיםof whichאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad saidאָמַרto them,לָהֶם“You shall notלֹאdoתַעֲשׂוּthisהַזֶּהthing.”אֶת הַדָּבָר
2 Kings 17:12
Study it in the app“They served the idols, of which YHWH had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:12, word by word
- They servedיַּעַבְדוּyaavdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavdu” appears- the idolsגִּלֻּלִיםgilulim
idols
Idols; a scornful word that calls them logs or worthless things.
Where else “gilulim” 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- had saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears
The context
11They burned incense there on all the high places, like the nations whom YHWH carried into exile from before them; and they did evil things to provoke YHWH to anger.
12 · This verse (above)
13YHWH testified against Israel and against Judah through all his prophets, every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments, my statutes, according to all the instruction that I commanded your fathers and that I sent to you through my servants the prophets.”