Study it in the app“And they celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for YHWH had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of Elohim, the Elohim of Israel.”
And they celebratedוַיַּעֲשׂוּthe Feastחַגof Unleavened Breadמַצּוֹתsevenשִׁבְעַתdaysיָמִיםwith joy,בְּשִׂמְחָהforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhad made them joyfulשִׂמְּחָםand had turnedוְהֵסֵבthe heartלֵבof the kingמֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרtoward them,עֲלֵיהֶםto strengthenלְחַזֵּקtheir handsיְדֵיהֶםin the workבִּמְלֶאכֶתof the houseבֵּיתof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “yaasu” appearsfestival
Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.
Where else “chag” appearsunleavened bread
Unleavened bread, made quickly because the dough does not have to rise; also the feast of Unleavened Bread.
Where else “matsot” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appearsjoy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appearsYHWH
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” appearsgladden
To make someone feel glad and cheered.
Where else “simach” appearsturn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “hesev” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “chazek” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appearswork
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melechet” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” 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” appears“King of Assyria”: it can be understood as the king of Persia, who reigned over the lands that once belonged to the empire of Assyria.
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
21And the sons of Israel who had returned from the exile ate, and everyone who had separated himself from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to join them, to seek YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.
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