אֹרְג֥וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֹרְג֥וֹת

   or-ge-OT

   were weaving
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֹרְג֥וֹת שָׁ֛ם

   or-ge-OT SHAM

   were weaving there
3. clause🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר הַנָּשִׁ֗ים אֹרְג֥וֹת שָׁ֛ם בָּתִּ֖ים לָאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃

   a-SHER ha-na-SHIM or-ge-OT SHAM ba-TIM la-a-she-RA

   where the women were weaving there hangings or houses for the Asherah
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּתֹּץ֙ אֶת־בָּתֵּ֣י הַקְּדֵשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הַנָּשִׁ֗ים אֹרְג֥וֹת שָׁ֛ם בָּתִּ֖ים לָאֲשֵׁרָֽה׃

   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

   and he tore down {direct object} the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the LORD where the women were weaving there hangings or houses for the Asherah

Exegesis

A second relative clause, marked by asher2 {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer}, shifts focus to the ongoing ritual activity expressed by the participle orgot {אֹרְג֥וֹת | ʾor-gōṯ} ‘weaving’.