2 Kings

2 Kings 17:29

²⁹Nevertheless, the people of each nation continued to make their own gods in the cities where they had settled, and they set them up in the shrines that the people of Samaria had made on the high places.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Nevertheless	וַיִּהְי֣וּ	way·yih·yū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the people of each nation	גּ֥וֹי	gō·w	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1471 nation, people
continued to make	עֹשִׂ֔ים	‘ō·śîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H6213 do, make
their own gods	אֱלֹהָ֑יו	’ĕ·lō·hāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H430 God
in the cities	בְּעָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם	bə·‘ā·rê·hem	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H5892 excitement
where	אֲשֶׁ֛ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
they	הֵ֥ם	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
had settled	יֹשְׁבִ֖ים	yō·šə·ḇîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
and they set them up	וַיַּנִּ֣יחוּ׀	way·yan·nî·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5117 rest
in the shrines	בְּבֵ֣ית	bə·ḇêṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
that	אֲשֶׁ֤ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the people	גּ֥וֹי	gō·w	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1471 nation, people
of Samaria	הַשֹּׁ֣מְרֹנִ֔ים	haš·šō·mə·rō·nîm	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H8118 Samaritan
had made	עָשׂוּ֙	‘ā·śū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6213 do, make
on the high places	הַבָּמ֗וֹת	hab·bā·mō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1116 high place

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