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YHWHאֶת יְהוָהthey feared,הָיוּ יְרֵאִיםand their own godsוְאֶת אֱלֹהֵיהֶםthey served,הָיוּ עֹבְדִיםaccording to the customכְּמִשְׁפַּטof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםfrom whichאֲשֶׁר מִשָּׁםthey had carried them into exile.הִגְלוּ אֹתָם
2 Kings 17:33
Study it in the app“YHWH they feared, and their own gods they served, according to the custom of the nations from which they had carried them into exile.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:33, 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- they fearedהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- they fearedיְרֵאִיםyereim
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yereim” appears- and their own godsאֱלֹהֵיelohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appears- they servedעֹבְדִיםovdim
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “ovdim” appears- according to the customמִשְׁפַּטmishpat
custom
The usual practice, the way to do something.
Where else “mishpat” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- they had carried them into exileהִגְלוּhiglu
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “higlu” appears
The context
32They feared YHWH, and they made for themselves from among all of them priests of high places, who were officiating for them in the house of the high places.
33 · This verse (above)
34To this day they do according to the former customs: they do not fear YHWH, and they do not do according to their statutes and their rules, or according to the instruction and the commandment that YHWH commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he gave the name Israel.