2 Kings 17:10:42 Kgs.17.10.W4TAB
וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים
vaasherim
“and Asherim”
- Transliteration
- va-a-she-RIM
- Extended
- vah-ah-sheh-REEM
- IPA
- /va.ʔăʃeːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Asherim
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-she-RIM
- clause
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM mats-tse-VOT va-a-she-RIM
- sentence
va-yats-TI-vu la-HEM mats-tse-VOT va-a-she-RIM AL kol-giv-A ge-vo-HA ve-TA-khat kol-ETS ra-a-NAN
Exegesis
The coordinated plural objects matsevot {מַצֵּב֖וֹת | maṣṣēḇōṯ} ‘standing-stones’ and waʾăšērîm {וַאֲשֵׁרִים | waʾăšērîm} ‘Asherah poles’ specify distinct idolatrous installations.
In context — 2 Kings 17:10
And they set up for themselves standing-stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:10, so the Hebrew word וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים (vaasherim) 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 Kgs.17.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.10.W4.S1) and character.