2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 21:13

¹³but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
but you have walked	וַתֵּ֗לֶךְ	wat·tê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
in the ways	בְּדֶ֙רֶךְ֙	bə·ḏe·reḵ	Preposition-b; Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of the kings	מַלְכֵ֣י	mal·ḵê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4428 king
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
and have caused Judah	יְהוּדָה֙	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
and the people	יֹשְׁבֵ֣י	yō·šə·ḇê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
of Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
to prostitute themselves	וַתַּזְנֶ֤ה	wat·taz·neh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
just as the house	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of Ahab	אַחְאָ֑ב	’aḥ·’āḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H256 Ahab
prostituted itself	כְּהַזְנ֖וֹת	kə·haz·nō·wṯ	Preposition-k; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H2181 commit fornication, be a harlot
You have also	וְגַ֨ם	wə·ḡam	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
killed	הָרָֽגְתָּ׃	hā·rā·ḡə·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H2026 kill, slay
your brothers	אַחֶ֧יךָ	’a·ḥe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H251 brother
your father’s	אָבִ֛יךָ	’ā·ḇî·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1 father
family	בֵית־	ḇêṯ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
who were better	הַטּוֹבִ֥ים	haṭ·ṭō·w·ḇîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
than you	מִמְּךָ֖	mim·mə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not

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