2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 17:3

³Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways^a of his father David. He did not seek the Baals,

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
was	וַיְהִ֥י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
Jehoshaphat	יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט	yə·hō·wō·šā·p̄āṭ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3092 Jehoshaphat
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he walked	הָלַ֗ךְ	hā·laḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
in the earlier	הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים	hā·ri·šō·nîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H7223 former, first, chief
ways	בְּדַרְכֵ֞י	bə·ḏar·ḵê	Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of his father	אָבִיו֙	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
David	דָּוִ֤יד	dā·wîḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
He did not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
seek	דָרַ֖שׁ	ḏā·raš	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1875 resort to, seek
the Baals	לַבְּעָלִֽים׃	lab·bə·‘ā·lîm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1168 owner, lord

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.