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And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. (KJV)
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וַיְזַבֵּ֧חַvay.za.Be.achand he sacrificed
Lemma: זָבַח (za.vach) · Strong's: H2076
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
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 16:4 word 1
וַיְקַטֵּ֛רvay.ka.Terand he made smoke
Lemma: קָטַר (qa.tar) · Strong's: H6999H
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
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 16:4 word 2
בַּבָּמ֖וֹתba.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 16:4 word 3
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 2 Kings 16:4 word 4
הַגְּבָע֑וֹתha.ge.va.'otthe hills
Lemma: גִּבְעָה (giv.ah) · Strong's: H1389I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: hill
Used 67 times. Also: Genesis 49:26, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 12:2, Deuteronomy 33:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1389I; TAHOT 2 Kings 16:4 word 5
וְתַ֖חַתve.Ta.chatand under
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: under
Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT 2 Kings 16:4 word 6
כָּל\־kol-every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT 2 Kings 16:4 word 7
עֵ֥ץ'etztree
Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tree
Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6086H; TAHOT 2 Kings 16:4 word 8
רַעֲנָֽן\׃ra.'a.Nanluxuriant
Lemma: רַעֲנָן (ra.a.nan) · Strong's: H7488B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: luxuriant
Used 19 times. Also: Deuteronomy 12:2, 1 Kings 14:23, 2 Kings 17:10, 2 Chronicles 28:4, Psalms 37:35, Psalms 52:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7488B; TAHOT 2 Kings 16:4 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And he sacrificed | → | זָבַח H2076 to sacrifice |
| and burned incense | → | קָטַר H6999H to offer: offer |
| on the high places | → | בָּמָה H1116 high place |
| on | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the hills | → | גִּבְעָה H1389I hill |
| and under | → | תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under |
| every | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| green | → | רַעֲנָן H7488B luxuriant |
| tree | → | עֵץ H6086H tree |
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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