מֵהֵיכַ֣ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מֵהֵיכַ֣ל

   me-he-KHAL

   from the temple of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מֵהֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה

   me-he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH

   from the temple of the LORD
3. clause🔊 וַיְצַ֣ו הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת־חִלְקִיָּהוּ֩ הַכֹּהֵ֨ן הַגָּד֜וֹל וְאֶת־כֹּהֲנֵ֣י הַמִּשְׁנֶה֮ וְאֶת־שֹׁמְרֵ֣י הַסַּף֒ לְהוֹצִיא֙ מֵהֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַכֵּלִ֗ים הָֽעֲשׂוּיִם֙ לַבַּ֣עַל וְלָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֔ה וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם

   va-yetsav ha-ME-lekh et-khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL ve-et-ko-ha-NE ha-mish-NE ve-et-sho-me-RE ha-SAF le-ho-TSI me-he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ET kol-ha-ke-LIM ha-a-su-YIM la-BA-al ve-la-a-she-RA u-le-KHOL tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim

   and he commanded the king {direct object} Hilkiah the priest the great and {direct object} priests of the second {rank or order} and {direct object} keepers of the threshold to bring out from the temple of the LORD {direct object marker} all the vessels the ones made for Baal and for Asherah and for all host of the heavens
4. sentence🔊 וַיְצַ֣ו הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת־חִלְקִיָּהוּ֩ הַכֹּהֵ֨ן הַגָּד֜וֹל וְאֶת־כֹּהֲנֵ֣י הַמִּשְׁנֶה֮ וְאֶת־שֹׁמְרֵ֣י הַסַּף֒ לְהוֹצִיא֙ מֵהֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַכֵּלִ֗ים הָֽעֲשׂוּיִם֙ לַבַּ֣עַל וְלָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֔ה וּלְכֹ֖ל צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֵ֞ם מִח֤וּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בְּשַׁדְמ֣וֹת קִדְר֔וֹן וְנָשָׂ֥א אֶת־עֲפָרָ֖ם בֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃

   va-yetsav ha-ME-lekh et-khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL ve-et-ko-ha-NE ha-mish-NE ve-et-sho-me-RE ha-SAF le-ho-TSI me-he-KHAL ye-ho-VAH ET kol-ha-ke-LIM ha-a-su-YIM la-BA-al ve-la-a-she-RA u-le-KHOL tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-yis-re-FEM mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim be-shad-MOT kid-RON ve-na-SA et-a-fa-RAM bet-EL

   and he commanded the king {direct object} Hilkiah the priest the great and {direct object} priests of the second {rank or order} and {direct object} keepers of the threshold to bring out from the temple of the LORD {direct object marker} all the vessels the ones made for Baal and for Asherah and for all host of the heavens and he burned them from outside to Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and he carried {direct object} their ashes Bethel

Exegesis

The construct phrase meheikhal yehovah {מֵהֵיכַל יְהוָ֔ה | mêt-hê-yi-kal Yə-hō-wāh} ‘from the temple of the LORD’ localizes the action. The phrase kol hakelim haasuyim laBa‘al velaasherah ulechol tseva hashamayim outlines the idols’ purpose.