| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 18:4:1 ⧉ה֣וּאhuhe 2 Kings 18:4:2 ⧉הֵסִ֣ירhesirremoved 2 Kings 18:4:3 ⧉אֶת־הַבָּמ֗וֹתethabamot{direct object} the high places 2 Kings 18:4:4 ⧉וְשִׁבַּר֙veshibarand broke 2 Kings 18:4:5 ⧉אֶת־הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔תethamattsevot{direct object} the pillars 2 Kings 18:4:6 ⧉וְכָרַ֖תvekharatand cut down 2 Kings 18:4:7 ⧉אֶת־הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑הethaashera{direct object} the Asherah 2 Kings 18:4:8 ⧉וְכִתַּת֩vekhitatand crushed 2 Kings 18:4:9 ⧉נְחַ֨שׁnekhasha serpent 2 Kings 18:4:10 ⧉הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתhannekhoshetthe bronze 2 Kings 18:4:11 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣הasherasawhich he made 2 Kings 18:4:12 ⧉מֹשֶׁ֗הmosheMoses 2 Kings 18:4:13 ⧉כִּ֣יkifor 2 Kings 18:4:14 ⧉עַד־הַיָּמִ֤יםadhayamimuntil the days 2 Kings 18:4:15 ⧉הָהֵ֙מָּה֙hahemathose 2 Kings 18:4:16 ⧉הָי֤וּhayuthey were 2 Kings 18:4:17 ⧉בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙veneyisraelsons of Israel 2 Kings 18:4:18 ⧉מְקַטְּרִ֣יםmekatterimmaking smoke or burning incense 2 Kings 18:4:19 ⧉ל֔וֹloto it 2 Kings 18:4:20 ⧉וַיִּקְרָא־ל֖וֹvayikraloand he called it 2 Kings 18:4:21 ⧉נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃nekhushtanNehushtan |
| 4. Formal Translation He removed the high places, broke the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses made, for until those days the Israelites burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan. |
| 4. Dynamic Translation He tore down the worship sites on the hills and smashed the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah pole, and crushed the bronze snake Moses had made, because up to that time the Israelites had been offering incense to it—and he named it Nehushtan. |