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The sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלdidוַיַּעֲשׂוּwhat was evilאֶת הָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH;יְהוָהthey forgotוַיִּשְׁכְּחוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהtheir Elohimאֱלֹהֵיהֶםand servedוַיַּעַבְדוּthe Baalsאֶת הַבְּעָלִיםand the Asherahs.וְאֶת הָאֲשֵׁרוֹת
Judges 3:7
Study it in the app“The sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH; they forgot YHWH their Elohim and served the Baals and the Asherahs.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 3:7, word by word
- The sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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- didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- what was evilרַעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of 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- they forgotיִּשְׁכְּחוּyishkchu
forget
Forget.
Where else “yishkchu” appears- their Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- and servedיַּעַבְדוּyaavdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavdu” appears- the Baalsבְּעָלִיםbealim
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 “bealim” appears- and the Asherahsאֲשֵׁרוֹתasherot
Asherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “asherot” appears
The context
6They took their daughters for themselves as wives, and their own daughters they gave to their sons, and they served their gods.
7 · This verse (above)
8The anger of YHWH burned against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.