1 Kings

1 Kings 12:31

³¹Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Jeroboam also built	וַיַּ֖עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
shrines	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
on the high places	בָּמ֑וֹת	bā·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1116 high place
and appointed	וַיַּ֤עַשׂ	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
from every class	מִקְצ֣וֹת	miq·ṣō·wṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct	H7098 end
of people	הָעָ֔ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
priests	כֹּֽהֲנִים֙	kō·hă·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest
who	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
were	הָי֖וּ	hā·yū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
Levites	מִבְּנֵ֥י	mib·bə·nê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son

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