2 Chronicles 15:16:82 Chr.15.16.W8TAB
לָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה
laashera
“for Asherah”
- Transliteration
- la-a-she-RA
- Extended
- laa-ah-sheh-RAA
- IPA
- /laː.ʔăʃeːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Asherah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-a-she-RA
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-a-SE-ta la-a-she-RA
- clause
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
- sentence
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
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…
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:16
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.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 15:16, so the Hebrew word לָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה (laashera) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.15.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.16.W8.S1) and character.