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

“And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.”

2 Kings 3:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 3:215 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּעֲשֶׂ֤הwayaʿăśeh

accomplishconjH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

הָ/רַע֙hāraʿ

adversityparticleH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

בְּ/עֵינֵ֣יbəʿēynēy

eyepronH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

רַ֕קraq

butparticleH7535

even · except · howbeit howsoever · at the least ···

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

כְ/אָבִ֖י/וkəʾābiyw

fatherpronH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

וּ/כְ/אִמּ֑/וֹwkəʾimwō

damconjH517

mother · parting

וַ/יָּ֨סַר֙wayāsar

beconjH5493

bring · call back · decline · depart ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מַצְּבַ֣תmaṣəbat

garrisonnounH4676

image · pillar

הַ/בַּ֔עַלhabaʿal

BaalparticleH1168

Baalim

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

עָשָׂ֖הʿāśāh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אָבִֽי/וʾābiyw

fathernounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

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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