אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ

   et-mif-lats-TAH

   {direct object marker} her horrid thing or her detestable image
2. clause🔊 וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ וַיָּ֕דֶק וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃

   va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TAH va-DAK va-yis-ROF be-NA-khal kid-RON

   and he cut down Asa {direct object marker} her horrid thing or her detestable image and he crushed and he burned at the wadi or at the brook of Kidron
3. sentence🔊 וְגַֽם־מַעֲכָ֞ה אֵ֣ם אָסָ֣א הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ הֱסִירָהּ֙ מִגְּבִירָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה לָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה מִפְלָ֑צֶת וַיִּכְרֹ֤ת אָסָא֙ אֶת־מִפְלַצְתָּ֔הּ וַיָּ֕דֶק וַיִּשְׂרֹ֖ף בְּנַ֥חַל קִדְרֽוֹן׃

   ve-GAM-ma-a-KHA EM a-SA ha-ME-lekh he-si-RAH mig-ge-vi-RA a-sher-a-SE-ta la-a-she-RA mif-la-TSET va-yik-ROT a-SA et-mif-lats-TAH va-DAK va-yis-ROF be-NA-khal kid-RON

   and also Maacah mother of Asa the king removed her from {being} queen mother or lady who made for Asherah a horrid thing or a detestable image and he cut down Asa {direct object marker} her horrid thing or her detestable image and he crushed and he burned at the wadi or at the brook of Kidron

Exegesis

The relative clause 'asher-`asatah {אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֥ה | ʾăšer-ʿāśəṯāh} gives the stated grounds for deposition: the making of miplatset {מִפְלָ֑צֶת | miplāṣeṯ}, described as something dreadful, and directed lā'asherah {לָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה | lāʾăšērāh} “for Asherah,” marking the act as cultic and unacceptable. The narrative then switches to a rapid chain of vav-consecutive verbs—vayyikrot… vayyadek…

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 פ־ל־ץPeh–Lamed–Tsade

“to tremble”