וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃

   ve-ham-ma-se-KHOT

   and the cast images
2. clause🔊 וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֗ה הֵחֵל֙ לְטַהֵ֗ר אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מִן־הַבָּמוֹת֙ וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃

   u-vish-TEIM es-RE sha-NA he-KHEL le-ta-HER ET-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im min-ha-ba-MOT ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-ma-se-KHOT

   and in two ten, -teen year he began to cleanse, to purify {direct object marker} Judah and Jerusalem from the high places and the Asherim and the carved images and the cast images
3. sentence🔊 וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה שָׁנִ֜ים לְמָלְכ֗וֹ וְהוּא֙ עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ נַ֔עַר הֵחֵ֕ל לִדְר֕וֹשׁ לֵאלֹהֵ֖י דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יו וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֗ה הֵחֵל֙ לְטַהֵ֗ר אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מִן־הַבָּמוֹת֙ וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃

   u-vish-mo-NE sha-NIM le-mal-KHO ve-HU o-DE-nu NA-ar he-KHEL lid-ROSH le-e-lo-HE da-VID a-VIV u-vish-TEIM es-RE sha-NA he-KHEL le-ta-HER ET-ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-im min-ha-ba-MOT ve-ha-a-she-RIM ve-hap-se-LIM ve-ham-ma-se-KHOT

   and in eight years of his reigning and he still him, yet a youth, a boy he began to seek, to inquire to the God of David his father and in two ten, -teen year he began to cleanse, to purify {direct object marker} Judah and Jerusalem from the high places and the Asherim and the carved images and the cast images

Exegesis

The coordinated list minn habāmōṯ wə-hā-ʾašrîm wə-happəsîlîm wə-hammassēkôṯ {מִן־הַבָּמוֹת וְהָאֲשֵׁרִים וְהַפְּסִלִים וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת | minn ha-bā-mōṯ wə-hā-ʾa-šrîm wə-hap-pə-sî-lîm wə-ham-ma-sē-kôṯ} ‘from the high places, the Asherim, the idols, and the molten images’ underscores the scope of Josiah’s cultic reforms.