butכִּי אִםYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהwhoאֲשֶׁרbrought you upהֶעֱלָה אֶתְכֶםfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםwith greatבְּ גָּדוֹלpowerכֹחַand with an outstretchedוּבִ נְטוּיָהarm,זְרוֹעַhimאֹתוֹyou shall fear,תִירָאוּand to himוְלוֹyou shall bow down,תִשְׁתַּחֲווּand to himוְלוֹyou shall sacrifice.תִזְבָּחוּ
2 Kings 17:36
Study it in the app“but YHWH, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him you shall fear, and to him you shall bow down, and to him you shall sacrifice.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:36, 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- brought you upהֶעֱלָהheela
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heela” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- with greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- powerכֹחַchoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choach” appears- and with an outstretchedנְטוּיָהnetuya
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “netuya” appears- armזְרוֹעַzeroa
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroa” appears- you shall fearתִירָאוּtirau
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “tirau” appears- you shall bow downתִשְׁתַּחֲווּtishtachavu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “tishtachavu” appears- you shall sacrificeתִזְבָּחוּtizbachu
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “tizbachu” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
35YHWH made a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, and you shall not bow down to them, and you shall not serve them, and you shall not sacrifice to them;
36 · This verse (above)
37The statutes and the rules and the instruction and the commandment that he wrote for you you shall be careful to do all the days; and you shall not fear other gods.