Study it in the app“Yet even to their judges they did not listen, for they prostituted themselves after other gods and bowed down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked, listening to the commandments of YHWH; they did not do so.”
Yet evenוְגַםto their judgesאֶל שֹׁפְטֵיהֶםthey did notלֹאlisten,שָׁמֵעוּforכִּיthey prostituted themselvesזָנוּafterאַחֲרֵיotherאֲחֵרִיםgodsאֱלֹהִיםand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּto them.לָהֶםThey turned asideסָרוּquicklyמַהֵרfromמִןthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְin whichאֲשֶׁרtheir fathersאֲבוֹתָםhad walked,הָלְכוּlisteningלִשְׁמֹעַto the commandmentsמִצְוֺתof YHWH;יְהוָהthey did notלֹאdoעָשׂוּso.כֵן
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “shofte” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shameu” appearsbe unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “zanu” appearsother
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachavu” appearsturn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “saru” appearsquickly
Quickly, in haste.
Where else “maher” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appearswalk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halchu” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” 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” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asu” appears16Then YHWH raised up judges, and they saved them from the hand of those who plundered them.
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18Whenever YHWH raised up judges for them, YHWH was with the judge and saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for YHWH was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.
