1 Kings 16:32 Go deeper
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And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. (KJV)
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וַיָּ֥קֶםvai.Ya.kemand he set up
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to arise: raise
Used 40 times. Also: Exodus 26:30, Exodus 40:2, Exodus 40:17, Exodus 40:18, Exodus 40:33, Leviticus 26:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965H; TAHOT 1 Kings 16:32 word 1
מִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achan altar
Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach) · Strong's: H4196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: altar
Used 399 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4196; TAHOT 1 Kings 16:32 word 2
לַבָּ֑עַלla.Ba.'alto <the> Baal
Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1168A
Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNtmsa)
Meaning: Baal
Used 76 times. Also: Judges 2:11, Judges 2:13, Judges 3:7, Judges 6:25, Judges 6:28, Judges 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1168A; TAHOT 1 Kings 16:32 word 3
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 1 Kings 16:32 word 4
הַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'al<the> Baal
Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1168A
Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNtmsa)
Meaning: Baal
Used 76 times. Also: Judges 2:11, Judges 2:13, Judges 3:7, Judges 6:25, Judges 6:28, Judges 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1168A; TAHOT 1 Kings 16:32 word 5
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT 1 Kings 16:32 word 6
בָּנָ֖הba.Nahhe built
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT 1 Kings 16:32 word 7
בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן\׃be.sho.me.Ronin Samaria
Lemma: שֹׁמְרוֹן (sho.me.ron) · Strong's: H8111
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Samaria
Used 109 times. Also: 1 Kings 13:32, 1 Kings 16:24, 1 Kings 16:28, 1 Kings 16:29, 1 Kings 18:2, 1 Kings 20:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8111; TAHOT 1 Kings 16:32 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| First, [Ahab] set up | → | קוּם H6965H to arise: raise |
| an altar | → | מִזְבֵּחַ H4196 altar |
| for Baal | → | בַּעַל H1168A Baal |
| in the temple | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| of Baal | → | בַּעַל H1168A Baal |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| he had built | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| in Samaria | → | שֹׁמְרוֹן H8111 Samaria |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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