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As soon asוַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁרGideonגִּדְעוֹןdied,מֵתthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלagainוַיָּשׁוּבוּprostituted themselvesוַיִּזְנוּafterאַחֲרֵיthe Baals,הַבְּעָלִיםand they madeוַיָּשִׂימוּ לָהֶםBaal-berithבַּעַל בְּרִיתtheir god.לֵאלֹהִים
Judges 8:33
Study it in the app“As soon as Gideon died, the sons of Israel again prostituted themselves after the Baals, and they made Baal-berith their god.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:33, word by word
- As soon asיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- Gideonגִּדְעוֹןgidon
Gideon
Gideon, son of Joash, of the tribe of Manasseh; a judge who saved Israel from Midian. The name means "one who cuts down." He is also called Jerubbaal.
Where else “gidon” appears- diedמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- againיָּשׁוּבוּyashuvu
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- prostituted themselvesיִּזְנוּyiznu
be unfaithful
To be unfaithful to YHWH by going after other gods.
Where else “yiznu” 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 they madeיָּשִׂימוּyasimu
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “yasimu” appears- Baal-berithבַּעַלbaal
Baal-berith
Baal-berith, a false god worshiped in Shechem. The name means "Baal of the covenant" or "lord of the covenant."
Where else “baal” appears- their godאלֹהִיםlohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “lohim” appears
Translation note
“Baal-berith” means “Baal of the covenant” or “lord of the covenant”; he had a temple in Shechem (Judges 9:4).
The context
32Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 · This verse (above)
34The sons of Israel did not remember YHWH their Elohim, who had delivered them from the hand of all their enemies all around;