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Deuteronomy

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"You shall tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and burn their Asherim with fire, and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"You shall tear down to pull down, break down Verb H5422 וְנִתַּצְתֶּ֣ם ve·nit·tatz·tem
their altars an altar Noun H4196 מִזְבּחֹתָ֗ם miz·b·cho·tam
and smash to break, break in pieces Verb H7665 וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּם֙ ve·shib·bar·tem
their [sacred] pillars a pillar, stump Noun H4676 מַצֵּ֣בֹתָ֔ם ma·tze·vo·tam,
and burn to burn Verb H8313 תִּשְׂרְפ֣וּן tis·re·fun
their Asherim a Phoenician goddess, also an image of the same Noun H842 וַאֲשֵֽׁרֵיהֶם֙ va·'a·she·rei·hem
with fire, a fire Noun H784 בָּאֵ֔שׁ ba·'esh,
and you shall cut down to hew, hew down or off Verb H1438 תְּגַדֵּע֑וּן te·gad·de·'un;
the engraved images an idol, image Noun H6456 וּפְסִילֵ֥י u·fe·si·lei
of their gods God, god Noun H430 אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֖ם e·lo·hei·hem
and obliterate to perish Verb H6 וְאִבַּדְתֶּ֣ם ve·'ib·bad·tem
their name a name Noun H8034 שְׁמָ֔ם she·mam,
from that place. a standing place, place Noun H4725 הַמָּקֹ֖ום ham·ma·ko·vm

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "You shall tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and burn their Asherim with fire, and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.
King James Bible "You And ye shall tear down overthrow their altars altars, and smash break their sacred pillars pillars, and burn their Asherim groves with fire, fire; and you ye shall cut hew down the engraved graven images of their gods gods, and obliterate their name from destroy the names of them out of that place.
Hebrew Greek English "You shall tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and burn their Asherim with fire, and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.