He didוַיַּעֲשֶׂהwhat was evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהonlyרַקnotלֹאlike his fatherכְאָבִיוand like his mother;וּכְאִמּוֹhe removedוַיָּסַרthe standing stoneמַצְּבַתof Baalהַבַּעַלthatאֲשֶׁרhis fatherאָבִיוhad made.עָשָׂה
2 Kings 3:2
Study it in the app“He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, only not like his father and like his mother; he removed the standing stone of Baal that his father had made.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 3:2, word by word
- He didיַּעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- what was evilרַעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of 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- like his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and like his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- he removedיָּסַרyasar
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “yasar” appears- the standing stoneמַצְּבַתmatsvat
standing stone
Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.
Where else “matsvat” appears- of Baalבַּעַלbaal
Baal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appears
The context
1Joram son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in year eighteen of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned twelve years.
2 · This verse (above)
3Only he clung to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin, he did not turn away from it.