Author Archives: Nevi’im

וַיְהִ֗י בִּשְׁמֹנֶ֤ה עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ שָׁלַ֣ח הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ אֶת־שָׁפָ֨ן בֶּן־אֲצַלְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־מְשֻׁלָּם֙ הַסֹּפֵ֔ר בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃ And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of King Yoshiyyahu, the king sent Shafan son of Atzalyahu, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to … Continue reading →

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ בְּכָל־דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וְלֹא־סָ֖ר יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ פ And he did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, and he walked in all the way of Dawid his father, and he did not turn aside … Continue reading →

בֶּן־שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ בְמָלְכֹ֔ו וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וְאַחַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמֹּ֔ו יְדִידָ֥ה בַת־עֲדָ֖יָה מִבָּצְקַֽת׃ Yoshiyyahu was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Yerushalayim. And the name of his mother was Yedida, daughter … Continue reading →

וַיִּקְבְֹּ֥ר אֹתֹ֛ו בִּקְבֻרָתֹ֖ו בְּגַן־עֻזָּ֑א וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בְנֹ֖ו תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ And they buried him in his burial place in the garden of ʿUzza, and Yoshiyyahu his son reigned in his place.   Morphology וַיִּקְבְֹּ֥ר (va-yiqbor) – Root: קבר (qavar); Form: Qal … Continue reading →

וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י אָמֹ֖ון אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ And the rest of the acts of Amon that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Yehuda?   Morphology … Continue reading →

וַיַּךְ֙ עַם־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַקֹּשְׁרִ֖ים עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָמֹ֑ון וַיַּמְלִ֧יכוּ עַם־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֶת־יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בְנֹ֖ו תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ And the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Yoshiyyahu his son king in his … Continue reading →

וַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּ עַבְדֵֽי־אָמֹ֖ון עָלָ֑יו וַיָּמִ֥יתוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּבֵיתֹֽו׃ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and they put the king to death in his house.   Morphology וַיִּקְשְׁר֥וּ (va-yiqshru) – Root: קשר (qashar); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: … Continue reading →

וַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א הָלַ֖ךְ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ יְהוָֽה׃ And he forsook YHWH, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of YHWH.   Morphology וַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב (va-yaʿazov) – Root: עזב (ʿazav); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine … Continue reading →

וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ בְּכָל־הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֣ךְ אָבִ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗ד אֶת־הַגִּלֻּלִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֣ד אָבִ֔יו וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ לָהֶֽם׃ And he walked in all the way that his father had walked, and he served the idols that his father had served, and he bowed down to them.   … Continue reading →

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה אָבִֽיו׃ And he did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, just as Menashshe his father had done.   Morphology וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (va-yaʿas) – Root: עשה (ʿasah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine … Continue reading →

בֶּן־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם שָׁנָה֙ אָמֹ֣ון בְּמָלְכֹ֔ו וּשְׁתַּ֣יִם שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמֹּ֔ו מְשֻׁלֶּ֥מֶת בַּת־חָר֖וּץ מִן־יָטְבָֽה׃ Amon was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Yerushalayim. And the name of his mother was Meshullemeth daughter … Continue reading →

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב מְנַשֶּׁה֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר בְּגַן־בֵּיתֹ֖ו בְּגַן־עֻזָּ֑א וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָמֹ֥ון בְּנֹ֖ו תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ And Menashshe lay with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of ʿUzza. And Amon his son reigned in his place.   … Continue reading →

וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֤י מְנַשֶּׁה֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְחַטָּאתֹ֖ו אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָטָ֑א הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ And the rest of the acts of Menashshe, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the … Continue reading →

וְגַם֩ דָּ֨ם נָקִ֜י שָׁפַ֤ךְ מְנַשֶּׁה֙ הַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֔ד עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־מִלֵּ֥א אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם פֶּ֣ה לָפֶ֑ה לְבַ֤ד מֵֽחַטָּאתֹו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶחֱטִ֣יא אֶת־יְהוּדָ֔ה לַעֲשֹׂ֥ות הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ And also, Menashshe shed very much innocent blood, until he had filled Yerushalayim from one end to another, besides … Continue reading →

יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֤וּ אֶת־הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י וַיִּהְי֥וּ מַכְעִסִ֖ים אֹתִ֑י מִן־הַיֹּ֗ום אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצְא֤וּ אֲבֹותָם֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וְעַ֖ד הַיֹּ֥ום הַזֶּֽה׃ Because they have done what is evil in My eyes and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of … Continue reading →

וְנָטַשְׁתִּ֗י אֵ֚ת שְׁאֵרִ֣ית נַחֲלָתִ֔י וּנְתַתִּ֖ים בְּיַ֣ד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָי֥וּ לְבַ֛ז וְלִמְשִׁסָּ֖ה לְכָל־אֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃ And I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance, and I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and they shall be for plunder and for spoil … Continue reading →

וְנָטִ֣יתִי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֵ֚ת קָ֣ו שֹֽׁמְרֹ֔ון וְאֶת־מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וּמָחִ֨יתִי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶ֤ה אֶת־הַצַּלַּ֨חַת֙ מָחָ֔ה וְהָפַ֖ךְ עַל־פָּנֶֽיהָ׃ And I will stretch over Yerushalayim the line of Shomeron and the plummet of the house of Aḥʾav, and I will wipe Yerushalayim as one … Continue reading →

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִי֙ מֵבִ֣יא רָעָ֔ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּל־שֶׂמעיו תִּצַּ֖לְנָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אָזְנָֽיו׃ Therefore thus says YHWH, the God of Yisraʾel: Behold, I am bringing evil upon Yerushalayim and Yehuda, such that whoever hears of it, both his … Continue reading →

יַעַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֜ה מְנַשֶּׁ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֙ הַתֹּעֵבֹ֣ות הָאֵ֔לֶּה הֵרַ֕ע מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂ֥וּ הָאֱמֹרִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְפָנָ֑יו וַיַּחֲטִ֥א גַֽם־אֶת־יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּגִלּוּלָֽיו׃ פ Because Menashshe king of Yehuda has done these abominations, he did more evil than all that the Emori did who were before him, … Continue reading →

וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֥יו הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים לֵאמֹֽר׃ And YHWH spoke by the hand of His servants the prophets, saying,   Morphology וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר (va-yedabber) – Root: דבר (davar); Form: Piel wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And He spoke”; Notes: Emphasizes direct and … Continue reading →

וְלֹ֖א שָׁמֵ֑עוּ וַיַּתְעֵ֤ם מְנַשֶּׁה֙ לַעֲשֹׂ֣ות אֶת־הָרָ֔ע מִן־הַ֨גֹּויִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הִשְׁמִ֣יד יְהוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ But they did not listen, and Menashshe led them astray to do more evil than the nations whom YHWH had destroyed from before the children of Yisraʾel. … Continue reading →

וְלֹ֣א אֹסִ֗יף לְהָנִיד֙ רֶ֣גֶל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַֽאֲבֹותָ֑ם רַ֣ק אִם־יִשְׁמְר֣וּ לַעֲשֹׂ֗ות כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ים וּלְכָל־הַ֨תֹּורָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם עַבְדִּ֥י מֹשֶֽׁה׃ And I will not again cause the foot of Yisraʾel to wander from the ground which I gave to their … Continue reading →

וַיָּ֕שֶׂם אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה בַּבַּ֗יִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־דָּוִד֙ וְאֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בְנֹ֔ו בַּבַּ֨יִת הַזֶּ֜ה וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר בָּחַ֨רְתִּי֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת־שְׁמִ֖י לְעֹולָֽם׃ And he placed the image of the ʾAshera that he had made in the house of which … Continue reading →

וְהֶעֱבִ֤יר אֶת־בְּנֹו֙ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְעֹונֵ֣ן וְנִחֵ֔שׁ וְעָ֥שָׂה אֹ֖וב וְיִדְּעֹנִ֑ים הִרְבָּ֗ה לַעֲשֹׂ֥ות הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לְהַכְעִֽיס׃ And he made his son pass through the fire, and practiced soothsaying and divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He multiplied to do what was … Continue reading →

וַיִּ֥בֶן מִזְבְּחֹ֖ות לְכָל־צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם בִּשְׁתֵּ֖י חַצְרֹ֥ות בֵּית־יְהוָֽה׃ And he built altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of YHWH.   Morphology וַיִּ֥בֶן (va-yiven) – Root: בנה (banah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person … Continue reading →

וּבָנָ֥ה מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אָשִׂ֥ים אֶת־שְׁמִֽי׃ And he built altars in the house of YHWH, of which YHWH had said, “In Yerushalayim I will put My name.”   Morphology וּבָנָ֥ה (u-vanah) – Root: בנה (banah); Form: … Continue reading →

וַיָּ֗שָׁב וַיִּ֨בֶן֙ אֶת־הַבָּמֹ֔ות אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִבַּ֖ד חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ אָבִ֑יו וַיָּ֨קֶם מִזְבְּחֹ֜ת לַבַּ֗עַל וַיַּ֤עַשׂ אֲשֵׁרָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֗ה אַחְאָב֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ֙ לְכָל־צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד אֹתָֽם׃ And he returned and built the high places which Ḥizqiyahu his father had destroyed, and he set up … Continue reading →

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כְּתֹֽועֲבֹת֙ הַגֹּויִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר֙ הֹורִ֣ישׁ יְהוָ֔ה מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ And he did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to the abominations of the nations whom YHWH dispossessed from before the children of Yisraʾel.   … Continue reading →

בֶּן־שְׁתֵּ֨ים עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה בְמָלְכֹ֔ו וַחֲמִשִּׁ֤ים וְחָמֵשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֥ם אִמֹּ֖ו חֶפְצִי־בָֽהּ׃ Menashshe was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Yerushalayim. And the name of his mother was Ḥefṭsi-vah.   Morphology … Continue reading →

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה בְנֹ֖ו תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ And Ḥizqiyahu lay with his fathers, and Menashshe his son reigned in his place.   Morphology וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב (va-yishkav) – Root: שכב (shakav); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he … Continue reading →