אֶת־הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔ת

   et-ha-mat-tse-VOT

   {direct object} the pillars
2. clause🔊 ה֣וּא הֵסִ֣יר אֶת־הַבָּמ֗וֹת וְשִׁבַּר֙ אֶת־הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔ת וְכָרַ֖ת אֶת־הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה

   HU he-SIR et-ha-ba-MOT ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mat-tse-VOT ve-kha-RAT et-ha-a-she-RA

   he removed {direct object} the high places and broke {direct object} the pillars and cut down {direct object} the Asherah
3. sentence🔊 ה֣וּא הֵסִ֣יר אֶת־הַבָּמ֗וֹת וְשִׁבַּר֙ אֶת־הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔ת וְכָרַ֖ת אֶת־הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה וְכִתַּת֩ נְחַ֨שׁ הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֗ה כִּ֣י עַד־הַיָּמִ֤ים הָהֵ֙מָּה֙ הָי֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מְקַטְּרִ֣ים ל֔וֹ וַיִּקְרָא־ל֖וֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃

   HU he-SIR et-ha-ba-MOT ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mat-tse-VOT ve-kha-RAT et-ha-a-she-RA ve-khi-TAT ne-KHASH han-ne-KHO-shet a-sher-a-SA mo-SHE KI ad-ha-ya-MIM ha-HE-ma ha-YU ve-NE-Yis-ra-EL me-kat-te-RIM LO va-yik-RA-LO ne-khush-TAN

   he removed {direct object} the high places and broke {direct object} the pillars and cut down {direct object} the Asherah and crushed a serpent the bronze which he made Moses for until the days those they were sons of Israel making smoke or burning incense to it and he called it Nehushtan

Exegesis

Each verb is followed by the direct object marker אֶת־ {אֶת־ | ʾet-} introducing its noun: הַבָּמוֹת habamot {הַבָּמוֹת | ha-bāmōṯ} “high places,” הַמַּצֵּבוֹת matzevot {הַמַּצֵּבֹת | ha-maṣṣēḇōṯ} “sacred pillars,” and הָאֲשֵׁרָה asherah {הָאֲשֵׁרָה | hā-ʾăšērāh} “Asherah pole.”