Study it in the app““Thus says the whole community of YHWH: ‘What is this unfaithfulness that you have committed against the Elohim of Israel, turning back today from following YHWH by building yourselves an altar, to rebel today against YHWH?”
“Thusכֹּהsaysאָמְרוּthe wholeכֹּלcommunityעֲדַתof YHWH:יְהוָה‘Whatמָהisthisהַזֶּהunfaithfulnessהַמַּעַלthatאֲשֶׁרyou have committedמְעַלְתֶּםagainst the Elohimבֵּאלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלturning backלָשׁוּבtodayהַיּוֹםfrom followingמֵאַחֲרֵיYHWHיְהוָהby buildingבִּבְנוֹתְyourselvesלָכֶםan altar,מִזְבֵּחַto rebelלִמְרָדְכֶםtodayהַיּוֹםagainst YHWH?בַּיהוָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appearscommunity
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “adat” 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” appearsunfaithfulness
Unfaithfulness, a breach of trust.
Where else “maal” appearsbe unfaithful
Be unfaithful, break the loyalty owed; especially, keep for oneself what belongs to God.
Where else “mealtem” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” 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” appearsturn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shuv” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venot” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appearsrebel
Rebel: refuse to obey the one in authority.
Where else “merad” appears15And they came to the sons of Reuben, to the sons of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying,
16 · This verse (above)
17Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, and for which the plague came on the community of YHWH?
