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Judges 2:13

And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

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וַיַּעַזְב֖וּvayaazvvand commit selfעָזַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and commit self”, the next action in the storyH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יְהוָ֑הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).וַיַּעַבְד֥וּvayaavdvand keep in bondageעָבַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and keep in bondage”, the next action in the storyH5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er)…לַבַּ֖עַלlabaalto Baalבַּעַלpreposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “to Baal”H1168Baal, a Phoenician deityBaal, (plural) Baalim.וְלָעַשְׁתָּרֽוֹתvelaashtarotand to Asharothעַשְׁתָּרוֹתconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “and to Asharoth”H6252Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the JordanAsharoth, Astaroth. See also H1045 (בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרוֹת), H6253 (עַשְׁתֹּרֶת), H6255 (עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

Young’s Literal Translation

yea, they forsake Jehovah, and do service to Baal and to Ashtaroth.

World English Bible

They abandoned Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

Darby Translation

And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

Douay-Rheims

Forsaking him, and serving Baal and Astaroth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they provoked the Lord, and forsook him, and served Baal and the Astartes.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐγκατέλιπον αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν τῷ Βάαλ καὶ ταῖς Ἀστάρταις.