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And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: (KJV)
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וַיְקַטְּרוּ\־vay.ka.te.ru-and they made smoke
Lemma: קָטַר (qa.tar) · Strong's: H6999H
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpw3mp)
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 17:11 word 1
שָׁם֙shamthere
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 2
בְּכָל\־be.kholat all
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 17:11 word 3
בָּמ֔וֹתba.Mot[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 17:11 word 4
כַּגּוֹיִ֕םka.go.Yimlike the nations
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 5
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-which
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 Kings 17:11 word 6
הֶגְלָ֥הheg.Lahhe had taken into exile
Lemma: גָּלָה (ga.lah) · Strong's: H1540K
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to reveal: remove
Used 74 times. Also: Judges 18:30, 1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Samuel 4:22, 2 Samuel 15:19, 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 16:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1540K; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 7
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 8
מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑םmi.pe.nei.Hemfrom before them
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 9
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֙vai.ya.'a.Suand they did
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 10
דְּבָרִ֣יםde.va.Rimthings
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: word: thing
Used 294 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 20:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697I; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 11
רָעִ֔יםra.'Imevil
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 12
לְהַכְעִ֖יסle.hakh.'Isto provoke to anger
Lemma: כָּעַס (ka.as) · Strong's: H3707
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to provoke
Used 53 times. Also: Deuteronomy 4:25, Deuteronomy 9:18, Deuteronomy 31:29, Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:21, Judges 2:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3707; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 13
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 14
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT 2 Kings 17:11 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They burned incense | → | קָטַר H6999H to offer: offer |
| . . . | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| on all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the high places | → | בָּמָה H1116 high place |
| like the nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| had driven out | → | גָּלָה H1540K to reveal: remove |
| before them | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| They did | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| wicked | → | רַע H7451H bad: evil |
| things | → | דָּבָר H1697I word: thing |
| provoking | → | כָּעַס H3707 to provoke |
| the LORD {to anger} | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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