2 Chronicles 11:15 Go deeper

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And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. (KJV)

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וַיַּֽעֲמֶד\־vai.ya.'a.med-and he appointed

Lemma: עָמַד (a.mad) · Strong's: H5975H

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to stand: appoint

Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 41:46, Exodus 9:16, Leviticus 16:10, Numbers 7:2, Judges 3:19, Judges 20:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5975H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 11:15 word 1

כֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםko.ha.Nimpriests

Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: priest

Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 11:15 word 2

לַבָּמ֖וֹתla.ba.Motfor the high places

Lemma: בָּמָה (ba.mah) · Strong's: H1116

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: high place

Used 99 times. Also: Leviticus 26:30, Numbers 21:28, Numbers 33:52, Deuteronomy 33:29, 1 Samuel 9:12, 1 Samuel 9:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1116; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 11:15 word 3

וְלַשְּׂעִירִ֑יםve.la.se.'i.Rimand for the goats

Lemma: שָׂעִיר (sa.ir) · Strong's: H8163C

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: satyr

Used 4 times. Also: Leviticus 17:7, Isaiah 13:21, Isaiah 34:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8163C; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 11:15 word 4

וְלָעֲגָלִ֖יםve.la.'a.ga.Limand for the calves

Lemma: עֵ֫גֶל (e.gel) · Strong's: H5695

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: calf

Used 35 times. Also: Exodus 32:4, Exodus 32:8, Exodus 32:19, Exodus 32:20, Exodus 32:24, Exodus 32:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5695; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 11:15 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 2 Chronicles 11:15 word 6

עָשָֽׂה\׃'a.Sahhe had made

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to make

Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 11:15 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

And Jeroboam appointed	→	עָמַד H5975H to stand: appoint
his own	→
priests	→	כֹּהֵן H3548 priest
for the high places	→	בָּמָה H1116 high place
and for the goat demons	→	שָׂעִיר H8163C satyr
and calf idols	→	עֵ֫גֶל H5695 calf
he had made	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make

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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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