2 Kings 17:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.”

2 Kings 17:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 17:1211 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּֽעַבְד֖וּwayaʿabədw

keep in bondageconjH5647

be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···

הַ/גִּלֻּלִ֑יםhagiluliym

idolparticleH1544

אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

אָמַ֤רʾāmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְהוָה֙yəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

לָ/הֶ֔םlāhem

pron

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תַעֲשׂ֖וּtaʿăśw

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/דָּבָ֥רhadābār

wordparticleH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

הַ/זֶּֽהhazeh

heparticleH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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