Study it in the app“and they have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command and did not speak of, and which did not rise in my heart.”
and they have builtוּבָנוּthe high placesאֶת בָּמוֹתof Baalהַבַּעַלto burnלִשְׂרֹףtheir sonsאֶת בְּנֵיהֶםin the fireבָּאֵשׁas burnt offeringsעֹלוֹתto Baal,לַבָּעַלwhichאֲשֶׁרI did notלֹאcommandצִוִּיתִיand did notוְלֹאspeak of,דִבַּרְתִּיand which did notוְלֹאriseעָלְתָהin my heart.עַל לִבִּי
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “vanu” appearshigh place
An elevated site with an altar, often for other gods.
Where else “bamot” appearsBaal
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” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “serof” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olot” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarti” appearsrise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “alta” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears4because they have forsaken me and made this place foreign and burned incense in it to other gods whom they did not know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
5 · This verse (above)
6Therefore, look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but the valley of Slaughter.
