2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Deuteronomy 12:2:1 ⧉אַבֵּדabedyou shall surely destroy Deuteronomy 12:2:2 ⧉תְּאַבְּדוּןteabdoonyou shall destroy Deuteronomy 12:2:3 ⧉אֵת־כָּל־הַמְּקֹמוֹתetkolhamekomotall the places Deuteronomy 12:2:4 ⧉אֲשֶׁרasherwhere Deuteronomy 12:2:5 ⧉עָבְדוּ־שָׁםavdooshamthey served there Deuteronomy 12:2:6 ⧉הַגּוֹיִםhagoyimthe nations Deuteronomy 12:2:7 ⧉הָהֵםhahemthose Deuteronomy 12:2:8 ⧉אֲשֶׁרasherwhom Deuteronomy 12:2:9 ⧉אַתֶּםatemyou Deuteronomy 12:2:10 ⧉יֹרְשִׁיםyorshimare dispossessing Deuteronomy 12:2:11 ⧉אוֹתָםotamthem Deuteronomy 12:2:12 ⧉אֵת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶםeteloheihemtheir gods Deuteronomy 12:2:13 ⧉עַל־הֶהָרִיםalheharimon the mountains Deuteronomy 12:2:14 ⧉הַגְּבֹהִיםhaggevohhimthe high Deuteronomy 12:2:15 ⧉וְעַל־הַגְּבָעוֹתvealhaggevaotand on the hills Deuteronomy 12:2:16 ⧉וְתַחַתvetakhatand under Deuteronomy 12:2:17 ⧉כָּל־עֵץkoletsevery tree Deuteronomy 12:2:18 ⧉רַעֲנָן׃raanangreen |
2. Formal Translation You shall certainly destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every luxuriant tree. |
2. Dynamic Translation Completely wipe out every place where the nations you are driving out worshiped their gods—on the mountain heights, on the hills, and beneath every green tree. |