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2 Chronicles 33:9

“So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

תָּעָהtâʻâh · taw-aw'
H8582 · Hebrew

Definition: to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יֶּ֣תַע — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vhw3ms
Usage: Occurs 51 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 20:13 Genesis 21:14 Genesis 37:15 Exodus 23:4 2 Kings 21:9

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read תָּעָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.