Study it in the app“He took his firstborn son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him up as a burnt offering on the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel, and they set out from him and returned to the land.”
He tookוַיִּקַּחhis firstbornהַבְּכוֹרson,בְּנוֹwhoאֲשֶׁרwas to reignיִמְלֹךְin his place,תַּחְתָּיוand offered him upוַיַּעֲלֵהוּas a burnt offeringעֹלָהonעַלthe wall.הַחֹמָהAnd there wasוַיְהִיgreatגָּדוֹלwrathקֶצֶףagainstעַלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand they set outוַיִּסְעוּfromמֵhimעָלָיוand returnedוַיָּשֻׁבוּto the land.לָאָרֶץ
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appearsoffer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “yaale” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearswrath
A violent anger poured out on someone, above all YHWH's.
Where else “ketsef” appearsIsrael
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” appearsset out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “yisu” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsThe Hebrew says only “there was great wrath against Israel” and does not say whose wrath it was or why Israel withdrew. The translation leaves it as it is. Sacrificing a son was something the law of Israel condemned (Deuteronomy 12:31).
26The king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him, and he took with him seven hundred men who drew the sword to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.
27 · This verse (above)
