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2 Kings 17:2 Interlinear

“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD but not as the kings of Israel that were before”

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2 Kings 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיַּ֥עַשׂ	H6213	And he did	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
2	הָרַ֖ע	H7451	that which was evil	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
3	בְּעֵינֵ֣י	H5869	in the sight	an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
4	יְהוָ֑ה	H3068	of the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
5	רַ֗ק	H7535		properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
6	לֹ֚א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
7	כְּמַלְכֵ֣י	H4428	but not as the kings	a king
8	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	H3478	of Israel	he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
9	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	H834		who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
10	הָי֖וּ	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
11	לְפָנָֽיו׃	H6440	that were before	the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

2 Kings 17:2 (current)And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD but not as the kings of Israel that were before