Study it in the app“And it happened, at the beginning of their living there, that they did not fear YHWH; so YHWH sent against them the lions, and they were killing some among them.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיat the beginningבִּתְחִלַּתof their livingשִׁבְתָּםthere,שָׁםthat they did notלֹאfearיָרְאוּYHWH;אֶת יְהוָהso YHWHוַ יְהוָהsentיְשַׁלַּחagainst themבָּהֶםthe lions,אֶת הָאֲרָיוֹתand they wereוַיִּהְיוּkillingהֹרְגִיםsome among them.בָּהֶם
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsbeginning
Beginning, start; "at first".
Where else “techilat” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “shivta” appearsrevere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yaru” 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” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yeshalach” appearslion
Lion.
Where else “arayot” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “horgim” appears24The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, from Cuthah, from Avva, from Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.
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26They spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations that you carried into exile and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent against them the lions, and there they are, putting them to death, because they do not know the custom of the god of the land.”
