| 16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 15:16:1 ⧉וְגַֽם־מַעֲכָ֞הvegammaakhaand also Maacah 2 Chronicles 15:16:2 ⧉אֵ֣םemmother of 2 Chronicles 15:16:3 ⧉אָסָ֣אasaAsa 2 Chronicles 15:16:4 ⧉הַמֶּ֗לֶךְhamelekhthe king 2 Chronicles 15:16:5 ⧉הֱסִירָהּ֙hesirahremoved her 2 Chronicles 15:16:6 ⧉מִגְּבִירָ֔הmiggevirafrom {being} queen mother or lady 2 Chronicles 15:16:7 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥הasherasetawho made 2 Chronicles 15:16:8 ⧉לָאֲשֵׁרָ֖הlaasherafor Asherah 2 Chronicles 15:16:9 ⧉מִפְלָ֑צֶתmiflatseta horrid thing or a detestable image 2 Chronicles 15:16:10 ⧉וַיִּכְרֹ֤תvayikrotand he cut down 2 Chronicles 15:16:11 ⧉אָסָא֙asaAsa 2 Chronicles 15:16:12 ⧉אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּetmiflatstah{direct object marker} her horrid thing or her detestable image 2 Chronicles 15:16:13 ⧉וַיָּ֕דֶקvadakand he crushed 2 Chronicles 15:16:14 ⧉וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ףvayisrofand he burned 2 Chronicles 15:16:15 ⧉בְּנַ֥חַלbenakhalat the wadi or at the brook of 2 Chronicles 15:16:16 ⧉קִדְרֽוֹן׃kidronKidron |
| 16. Formal Translation Moreover, King Asa removed Maakah, his mother, from her role as queen mother, because she had made a horrifying image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the Wadi Kidron. |
| 16. Dynamic Translation King Asa also took his mother Maakah out of her queen-mother position, because she had made a repulsive image for Asherah. Asa cut it down, ground it up, and burned it in the wadi Kidron. |