הֵסִ֖יר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הֵסִ֖יר

   he-SIR

   he removed
2. clause🔊 וְגַם֩ אֶת־כָּל־בָּתֵּ֨י הַבָּמ֜וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּעָרֵ֣י שֹׁמְר֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֜וּ מַלְכֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְהַכְעִ֔י הֵסִ֖יר יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ

   ve-GAM et-KOL-ba-TE ha-ba-MOT a-SHER be-a-RE sho-me-RON a-SHER a-SU mal-KHE yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS he-SIR yo-shi-YA-hu

   and also {direct object} all the houses of the high places which in the cities of Samaria which they made kings of Israel to provoke to anger he removed Josiah
3. sentence🔊 וְגַם֩ אֶת־כָּל־בָּתֵּ֨י הַבָּמ֜וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּעָרֵ֣י שֹׁמְר֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֜וּ מַלְכֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְהַכְעִ֔י הֵסִ֖יר יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ וַיַּ֣עַשׂ לָהֶ֔ם כְּכָל־הַֽמַּעֲשִׂ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה בְּבֵֽית־אֵֽל׃

   ve-GAM et-KOL-ba-TE ha-ba-MOT a-SHER be-a-RE sho-me-RON a-SHER a-SU mal-KHE yis-ra-EL le-hakh-IS he-SIR yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-AS la-HEM ke-khol-ha-ma-a-SIM a-SHER a-SA be-VET-EL

   and also {direct object} all the houses of the high places which in the cities of Samaria which they made kings of Israel to provoke to anger he removed Josiah and he did to them according to all the deeds which he did at Bethel

Exegesis

The main verbs hesir {הֵסִיר | hē-sîr} ‘removed’ and vayya’as {וַיַּעַשׂ | wə-ya-ʿăś} ‘and did’ form a vav-consecutive sequence, linking removal with subsequent action. The adverbial measure phrase kekol hama’asim asher asah beveit-El parallels Bethel and Samaria reforms, reinforcing Josiah’s consistent zeal. English ordering foregrounds purpose and subject before the relative clauses to preserve the Hebrew’s causal progression while enhancing clarity.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ס־ו־רsamekh–vav–resh

“to remove, turn away”

• 🔊 סוּרsûrturn asideJoshua 1:7