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2 Kings 21:3 — King James Version← Study notes

For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.


2 Kings 21:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 21:324 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּ֗שָׁבwayāšāb
((breakconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
וַ/יִּ֨בֶן֙wayiben
buildconjH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/בָּמ֔וֹתhabāmwōt
heightparticleH1116
high place · wave
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אִבַּ֖דʾibad
breakverbH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּḥizəqiyāhw
HezekiahnounH2396
Hizkiah · Hizkijah. Compare
אָבִ֑י/וʾābiyw
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וַ/יָּ֨קֶםwayāqem
abideconjH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
מִזְבְּחֹ֜תmizəbəḥōt
altarnounH4196
לַ/בַּ֗עַלlabaʿal
BaalpronH1168
Baalim
וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂwayaʿaś
accomplishconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
אֲשֵׁרָה֙ʾăšērāh
grove. ComparenounH842
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֣רkaʾăšer
aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עָשָׂ֗הʿāśāh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
אַחְאָב֙ʾaḥəʾāb
AhabnounH256
מֶ֣לֶךְmelekə
kingnounH4428
royal
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וַ/יִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ֙wayišətaḥw
bow downconjH7812
crouch · fall down · humbly beseech · do obeisance ···
לְ/כָלləkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
צְבָ֣אṣəbāʾ
appointed timenounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִםhašāmayim
heavenparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
וַֽ/יַּעֲבֹ֖דwayaʿăbōd
keep in bondageconjH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֹתָֽ/םʾōtām
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
Words 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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