2 Kings 23:6:22 Kgs.23.6.W2TAB
אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩
ethaashera
“the Asherah”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-a-she-RA
- Extended
- eht-hah-ah-sheh-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.ʔăʃeːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-TSE et-ha-a-she-RA mi-BET ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-TSE et-ha-a-she-RA mi-BET ye-ho-VAH mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim el-NA-khal kid-RON va-yis-ROF o-TA be-NA-khal kid-RON va-ya-DEK le-a-FAR
- sentence
va-yo-TSE et-ha-a-she-RA mi-BET ye-ho-VAH mi-KHUTS li-ru-sha-LA-yim el-NA-khal kid-RON va-yis-ROF o-TA be-NA-khal kid-RON va-ya-DEK le-a-FAR va-yash-LEKH et-a-fa-RA al-KE-ver be-NE ha-AM
Exegesis
The clitic et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object marker’ frames both the Asherah and its dust as objects.
Root and etymology
In context — 2 Kings 23:6
And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD , outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley; there he burned it, crushed it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the people .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 23:6, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָה֩ (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.23.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.6.W2.S1) and character.