2 Kings 18:4:72 Kgs.18.4.W7TAB
אֶת־הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה
ethaashera
“{direct object} the Asherah”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-a-she-RA
- Extended
- eht-haa-ah-sheh-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haː.ʔăʃeːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the Asherah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-a-she-RA
- clause
HU he-SIR et-ha-ba-MOT ve-shi-BAR et-ha-mat-tse-VOT ve-kha-RAT et-ha-a-she-RA
- sentence
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
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.”
Root and etymology
א־שׁ־ר
“blessedness, pleasure”
In context — 2 Kings 18:4
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 .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 18:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑ה (ethaashera) 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.18.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.4.W7.S1) and character.