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They abandonedוַיַּעַזְבוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהand servedוַיַּעַבְדוּBaalלַבַּעַלand the Astartes.וְלָעַשְׁתָּרוֹת
Judges 2:13
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Judges 2:13, word by word
- They abandonedיַּעַזְבוּyaazvu
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “yaazvu” appears- 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- and servedיַּעַבְדוּyaavdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavdu” appears- 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- and the Astartesעַשְׁתָּרוֹתashtarot
Ashtaroth
Ashtaroth, a city of Bashan, east of the Jordan, where Og reigned. It bears the name of a Canaanite goddess.
Where else “ashtarot” appears
Translation note
“The Astartes” (in Hebrew, Ashtaroth) is the plural of Astarte, a Canaanite goddess; it can be understood as her images.
The context
12They abandoned YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they went after other gods, from the gods of the peoples who were around them, and they bowed down to them and provoked YHWH to anger.
13 · This verse (above)
14The anger of YHWH burned against Israel, and he gave them into the hand of plunderers, who plundered them; and he sold them into the hand of their enemies all around, and they could no longer stand before their enemies.