2nd Kings 17:16
And they forsook all the command-ments of their Lord God, and they made to them two molten calves, and maumet woods, and worshipped all the knighthood of heaven, that is, sun, and moon, and other planets; and they served Baal,This verse in the real world
In what words
- מַסֵּכָהmaççêkâhproperly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication,
- עֵגֶלʻêgela (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
- אֲשֵׁרָהʼăshêrâhAsherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
- בַּעַלBaʻalBaal, a Phoenician deity
- מִצְוָהmitsvâha command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
- שָׁחָהshâchâhto depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
- עָזַבʻâzabto loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.