2 Kings 23:7:122 Kgs.23.7.W12TAB
לָאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃
laashera
“for the Asherah”
- Transliteration
- la-a-she-RA
- Extended
- laa-ah-sheh-RAA
- IPA
- /laː.ʔăʃeːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the Asherah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-a-she-RA
- clause
a-SHER ha-na-SHIM or-ge-OT SHAM ba-TIM la-a-she-RA
- sentence
va-yit-TOTS et-ba-TE ha-ke-de-SHIM a-SHER be-VET ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ha-na-SHIM or-ge-OT SHAM ba-TIM la-a-she-RA
Exegesis
The adverb sham {שָׁם | šām} ‘there’ reinforces the spatial context, and the noun batim {בָּתִּים | bā-ṯîm} resumes the construct, modified by laasherah {לָאֲשֵׁרָֽה | lā-ʾă-šê-rāh} ‘for Asherah’, indicating objects dedicated to a foreign cult. The parallel relative structures underscore both the place and paraphernalia of idolatrous practice, heightening the theological emphasis on temple purification.
Root and etymology
ʾ-š-raleph–shin–resh
“goddess; fertility deity”
In context — 2 Kings 23:7
And he tore down the houses of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD , where women wove cloth for Asherah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 23:7, so the Hebrew word לָאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃ (laashera) 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.23.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.7.W12.S1) and character.