2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 25:14

¹⁴When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	אַחֲרֵ֨י	’a·ḥă·rê	Preposition	H310 behind
Amaziah	אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙	’ă·maṣ·yā·hū	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H558 Amatsjah
returned	ב֤וֹא	ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H935 come in, come, go in, go
from the slaughter	מֵֽהַכּ֣וֹת	mê·hak·kō·wṯ	Preposition-m; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5221 smite
of	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
the Edomites	אֲדוֹמִ֔ים	’ă·ḏō·w·mîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H130 Edomite
he brought back	וַיָּבֵ֗א	way·yā·ḇê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the gods	אֱלֹהֵי֙	’ĕ·lō·hê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of the Seirites	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
set them up	וַיַּֽעֲמִידֵ֥ם	way·ya·‘ă·mî·ḏêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H5975 take one's stand, stand
as his own	ל֖וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
gods	לֵאלֹהִ֑ים	lê·lō·hîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
bowed	יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה	yiš·ta·ḥă·weh	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7812 bow down
before them	וְלִפְנֵיהֶ֥ם	wə·lip̄·nê·hem	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6440 face, before
and burned sacrifices	יְקַטֵּֽר׃	yə·qaṭ·ṭêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
to them	וְלָהֶ֥ם	wə·lā·hem	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; third person masculine plural

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