אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ

   et-mif-lats-TA

   her abominable image {direct object marker + her object}
2. clause🔊 וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃

   va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TA va-yis-ROF be-na-KHAL kid-RON

   and he cut down Asa her abominable image {direct object marker + her object} and he burned in the wadi or brook Kidron
3. sentence🔊 וְגַ֣ם אֶת־מַעֲכָ֣ה אִמּ֗וֹ וַיְסִרֶ֙הָ֙ מִגְּבִירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה מִפְלֶ֖צֶת לָאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃

   ve-GAM et-MA-a-kha i-MO va-ye-si-RE-HA mi-ge-vi-RA a-sher-A-she-TA mif-LE-tset la-a-she-RA va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TA va-yis-ROF be-na-KHAL kid-RON

   and also Maacah {direct object marker + name} his mother and he removed her from {being} queen mother or lady which she had made a horrid thing or abominable image for Asherah and he cut down Asa her abominable image {direct object marker + her object} and he burned in the wadi or brook Kidron

Exegesis

The direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾet} marks both Maakah and the idol as targets.

The relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾa-šer} introduces the causal clause with asetah {עָשְׂתָה | ʿā-šāh} ‘she made’, which predicates the noun mifletset {מִפְלֶצֶת | mif-le-ṯe-ṣet} ‘abomination’ dedicated la-asherah {לָאֲשֵׁרָה | lā-ʾă-še-rāh} ‘to Asherah’.

Root and etymology

p-l-ṣ🔊 פ־ל־ץpe-lamed-tsade

“something horrifying”

• 🔊 פַלְצוּתpaltzothorror, terrorJob 21:6