YHWHיְהוָהdespisedוַיִּמְאַסallבְּכָלthe offspringזֶרַעof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand afflicted themוַיְעַנֵּםand gave themוַיִּתְּנֵםinto the handבְּיַדof plunderers,שֹׁסִיםuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרhe had cast themהִשְׁלִיכָםfrom beforeמִhis face.פָּנָיו
2 Kings 17:20
Study it in the app“YHWH despised all the offspring of Israel, and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them from before his face.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:20, word by word
- 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- despisedיִּמְאַסyimas
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “yimas” appears- the offspringזֶרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- and afflicted themיְעַנֵּyeane
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “yeane” appears- and gave themיִּתְּנֵyitne
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “yitne” appears- into the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of plunderersשֹׁסִיםshosim
plunder
Plunder: take from someone by force what he has.
Where else “shosim” appears- he had cast themהִשְׁלִיכָhishlicha
cast away
To cast someone away from oneself, removing him.
Where else “hishlicha” appears- his faceפָּנָיpanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “panay” appears
The context
19Judah also did not keep the commandments of YHWH their Elohim, and they walked in the statutes of Israel that they made.
20 · This verse (above)
21For he tore Israel from the house of David, and they made king Jeroboam son of Nebat; and Jeroboam drew Israel away from following YHWH and made them sin a great sin.