2 Kings 12:3 Go deeper
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But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. (KJV)
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רַ֥קrakonly
Lemma: רַק (raq) · Strong's: H7535
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: except
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 20:11, Genesis 24:8, Genesis 26:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7535; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:3 word 1
הַבָּמ֖וֹתha.ba.Motthe 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 Kings 12:3 word 2
לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:3 word 3
סָ֑רוּSa.ruthey were removed
Lemma: סוּר (sur) · Strong's: H5493G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to turn aside: remove
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5493G; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:3 word 4
ע֥וֹדodstill
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:3 word 5
הָעָ֛םha.'Amthe people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:3 word 6
מְזַבְּחִ֥יםme.za.be.Chim[were] sacrificing
Lemma: זָבַח (za.vach) · Strong's: H2076
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVprmpa)
Meaning: to sacrifice
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 31:54, Genesis 46:1, Exodus 3:18, Exodus 5:3, Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2076; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:3 word 7
וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖יםu.me.ka.te.Rimand [were] making smoke
Lemma: קָטַר (qa.tar) · Strong's: H6999H
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVprmpa)
Meaning: to offer: offer
Used 53 times. Also: 1 Kings 3:3, 1 Kings 9:25, 1 Kings 11:8, 1 Kings 12:33, 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6999H; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:3 word 8
בַּבָּמֽוֹת\׃ba.ba.Motat 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 Kings 12:3 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Nevertheless | → | רַק H7535 except |
| the high places | → | בָּמָה H1116 high place |
| were not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| removed | → | סוּר H5493G to turn aside: remove |
| the people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| continued | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
| sacrificing | → | זָבַח H2076 to sacrifice |
| and burning incense | → | קָטַר H6999H to offer: offer |
| [there] | → | בָּמָה H1116 high place |
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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