2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 11:14–15

¹⁴For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD. ¹⁵And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

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2 Chronicles 11:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֗ם	hal·wî·yim	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3881 Levite
left	עָזְב֣וּ	‘ā·zə·ḇū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
their pasturelands	מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם֙	miḡ·rə·šê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H4054 common, common-land, open land
and their possessions	וַאֲחֻזָּתָ֔ם	wa·’ă·ḥuz·zā·ṯām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H272 possession
and went	וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ	way·yê·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
to Judah	לִיהוּדָ֖ה	lî·hū·ḏāh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
and Jerusalem	וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	wə·lî·rū·šā·lim	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
because	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
Jeroboam	יָֽרָבְעָם֙	yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3379 Jeroboam
and his sons	וּבָנָ֔יו	ū·ḇā·nāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
had rejected them	הִזְנִיחָ֤ם	hiz·nî·ḥām	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H2186 reject, spurn
as priests	מִכַּהֵ֖ן	mik·ka·hên	Preposition-m; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H3547 act as priest
of the LORD	לַיהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

2 Chronicles 11:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And Jeroboam appointed	וַיַּֽעֲמֶד־	way·ya·‘ă·meḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
his own	לוֹ֙	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
priests	כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים	kō·hă·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest
for the high places	לַבָּמ֖וֹת	lab·bā·mō·wṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1116 high place
and for the goat demons	וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑ים	wə·laś·śə·‘î·rîm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8163 he-goat, buck
and calf idols	וְלָעֲגָלִ֖ים	wə·lā·‘ă·ḡā·lîm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5695 calf
he had made	עָשָֽׂה׃	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make

Cross-references

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2 Chronicles 11:14 2 Chronicles 13:9 · Numbers 35:2–5 · 1 Kings 12:28–33

2 Chronicles 11:15 1 Kings 12:28 · Deuteronomy 32:17 · 1 Kings 13:33 · 1 Kings 12:31

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