Hebrew Interlinear
2 Kings 21:3 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 2 Kings 21:3, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“again For he built up the high places had destroyed which Hezekiah his father and he reared up altars for Baal and made a grove and made Ahab king of Israel and worshipped all the host of heaven and served ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיָּ֗שָׁב | H7725 | again | to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); |
| 2 | וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ | H1129 | For he built up | to build (literally and figuratively) |
| 3 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 4 | הַבָּמ֔וֹת | H1116 | the high places | an elevation |
| 5 | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 6 | אִבַּ֖ד | H6 | had destroyed | properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy) |
| 7 | חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ | H2396 | which Hezekiah | chizkijah, a king of judah, also the name of two other israelites |
| 8 | אָבִ֑יו | H1 | his father | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
| 9 | וַיָּ֨קֶם | H6965 | and he reared up | to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) |
| 10 | מִזְבְּחֹ֜ת | H4196 | altars | an altar |
| 11 | לַבַּ֗עַל | H1168 | for Baal | baal, a phoenician deity |
| 12 | עָשָׂ֗ה | H6213 | and made | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 13 | אֲשֵׁרָה֙ | H842 | a grove | asherah (or astarte) a phoenician goddess; also an image of the same |
| 14 | כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 15 | עָשָׂ֗ה | H6213 | and made | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 16 | אַחְאָב֙ | H256 | Ahab | achab, the name of a king of israel and of a prophet at babylon |
| 17 | מֶ֣לֶךְ | H4428 | king | a king |
| 18 | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | H3478 | of Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 19 | וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ | H7812 | and worshipped | to depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god) |
| 20 | לְכָל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 21 | צְבָ֣א | H6635 | all the host | a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci |
| 22 | הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | H8064 | of heaven | the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r |
| 23 | וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד | H5647 | and served | to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc |
| 24 | אֹתָֽם׃ | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) |
Verse Context
2 Kings 21:2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD after the abominations of the heathen...
2 Kings 21:3 (current)again For he built up the high places had destroyed which Hezekiah his father and he reared up altars for Baal and made a grove and made Ahab king of Israel and worshipped all the host of heaven and served
2 Kings 21:4And he built altars in the house of the LORD said...