KJV: For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
YLT: and he sacrificeth to the gods of Damascus -- those smiting him, and saith, 'Because the gods of the kings of Aram are helping them, to them I sacrifice, and they help me,' and they have been to him to cause him to stumble, and to all Israel.
Darby: And he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had smitten him; and he said, Since the gods of the kings of Syria help them, I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
ASV: For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
| וַיִּזְבַּ֗ח | For he sacrificed |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: זָבַח Sense: to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice. |
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| לֵֽאלֹהֵ֣י | to the gods |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural). |
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| דַרְמֶשֶׂק֮ | of Damascus |
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Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: דּוּמֶּשֶׂק Sense: an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 30 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem. |
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| הַמַּכִּ֣ים | which had defeated |
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Parse: Article, Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural Root: נָכָה Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill. |
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| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | and saying |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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| כִּ֠י | because |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since. |
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| אֱלֹהֵ֤י | the gods |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: אֱלֹהִים Sense: (plural). |
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| מַלְכֵֽי־ | of the kings |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king. |
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| אֲרָם֙ | of Syria |
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Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: אֲרָם Sense: Aram or Syria the nation. |
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| מַעְזְרִ֣ים | helping |
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Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural Root: עָזַר Sense: to help, succour, support. |
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| לָהֶ֥ם | to them |
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Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural |
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| אֲזַבֵּ֖חַ | I will sacrifice |
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Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: זָבַח Sense: to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice. |
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| וְיַעְזְר֑וּנִי | that they may help me |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural, first person common singular Root: עָזַר Sense: to help, succour, support. |
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| וְהֵ֛ם | but they |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine plural Root: הֵם Sense: they, these, the same, who. |
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| ל֥וֹ | of him |
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Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular |
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| לְהַכְשִׁיל֖וֹ | the ruin |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular Root: כָּשַׁל Sense: to stumble, stagger, totter. |
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| וּלְכָל־ | and of all |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole. |
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| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל | Israel |
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Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel. |
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