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and walkedוַיֵּלְכוּin the statutesבְּחֻקּוֹתof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםwhomאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהdispossessedהוֹרִישׁbeforeמִפְּנֵיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand in those of the kingsוּמַלְכֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwhichאֲשֶׁרthey made.עָשׂוּ
2 Kings 17:8
Study it in the app“and walked in the statutes of the nations whom YHWH dispossessed before the sons of Israel, and in those of the kings of Israel which they made.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:8, word by word
- and walkedיֵּלְכוּyelchu
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “yelchu” appears- in the statutesחֻקּוֹתchukot
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukot” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” 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- dispossessedהוֹרִישׁhorish
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horish” appears- beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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 in those of the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- they madeעָשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears
The context
7And it happened because the sons of Israel had sinned against YHWH their Elohim, who brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they feared other gods,
8 · This verse (above)
9The sons of Israel did secretly things that were not right against YHWH their Elohim; they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.