וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֵ֞ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֵ֞ם

   va-yis-re-FEM

   and he burned them
2. clause🔊 וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֵ֞ם מִח֤וּץ לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בְּשַׁדְמ֣וֹת קִדְר֔וֹן וְנָשָׂ֥א אֶת־עֲפָרָ֖ם בֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃

   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 burned them from outside to Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and he carried {direct object} their ashes Bethel
3. 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

Two sequential verbs, vayisrefem {וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֵם | va-yi-sre-phem} ‘and he burned them’ and venasa {וְנָשָׂא | wə-nā-sāʾ} ‘and he carried’, describe destruction outside Jerusalem (mikhuts lirushalayim) in the fields of Kidron and disposal at Bethel.