Judges

Judges 2:12–13

¹²Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, ¹³for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

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Judges 2:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Thus they forsook	וַיַּעַזְב֞וּ	way·ya·‘az·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה׀	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י	’ĕ·lō·hê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of their fathers	אֲבוֹתָ֗ם	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1 father
who had brought them	הַמּוֹצִ֣יא	ham·mō·w·ṣî	Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
out of the land	מֵאֶ֣רֶץ	mê·’e·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Egypt	מִצְרַיִם֒	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
and they followed	וַיֵּלְכ֞וּ	way·yê·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
after	אַחֲרֵ֣י׀	’a·ḥă·rê	Preposition	H310 behind
various	אֲחֵרִ֗ים	’ă·ḥê·rîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H312 another
gods	אֱלֹהִ֣ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
of the peoples	הָֽעַמִּים֙	hā·‘am·mîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5971 people
around them	סְבִיב֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם	sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯê·hem	Adverb; third person masculine plural	H5439 circuit, round about
They bowed down	וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ	way·yiš·ta·ḥă·wū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7812 bow down
to them	לָהֶ֑ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
and provoked	וַיַּכְעִ֖סוּ	way·yaḵ·‘i·sū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3707 be vexed, angry
the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Judges 2:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
for they forsook	וַיַּעַזְב֖וּ	way·ya·‘az·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
Him	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and served	וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ	way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5647 work, serve
Baal	לַבַּ֖עַל	lab·ba·‘al	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1168 owner, lord
and the Ashtoreths	וְלָעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹת׃	wə·lā·‘aš·tā·rō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine plural	H6252 Ashtaroth

Cross-references

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Judges 2:12 Exodus 20:5 · Deuteronomy 29:25 · Deuteronomy 13:5 · Deuteronomy 6:14–15 · Deuteronomy 5:9 · Deuteronomy 29:18

Judges 2:13 Judges 10:6 · Psalm 106:36 · 1 Corinthians 10:20–22 · Judges 3:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.