Hebrew Interlinear

2 Kings 21:3 Interlinear

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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיָּ֗שָׁבH7725againto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
2וַיִּ֙בֶן֙H1129For he built upto build (literally and figuratively)
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4הַבָּמ֔וֹתH1116the high placesan elevation
5אֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
6אִבַּ֖דH6had destroyedproperly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
7חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּH2396which Hezekiahchizkijah, a king of judah, also the name of two other israelites
8אָבִ֑יוH1his fatherfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
9וַיָּ֨קֶםH6965and he reared upto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
10מִזְבְּחֹ֜תH4196altarsan altar
11לַבַּ֗עַלH1168for Baalbaal, a phoenician deity
12עָשָׂ֗הH6213and madeto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
13אֲשֵׁרָה֙H842a groveasherah (or astarte) a phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
14כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֣רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
15עָשָׂ֗הH6213and madeto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
16אַחְאָב֙H256Ahabachab, the name of a king of israel and of a prophet at babylon
17מֶ֣לֶךְH4428kinga king
18יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
19וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙H7812and worshippedto depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)
20לְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
21צְבָ֣אH6635all the hosta mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
22הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםH8064of heaventhe 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
23וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖דH5647and servedto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
24אֹתָֽם׃H853properly, 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...

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