Judges 6:25
On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
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ASV
And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Take thy father’s bullock, even the second bullock seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
KJV
And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
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Commentary
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27 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִי֮ | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| בַּלַּ֣יְלָה | ba.Lay.lah | in the night | H3915 → |
| הַהוּא֒ | ha.Hu' | <the> that | H1931 → |
| וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | to <the> him | |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| קַ֤ח | kach | take | H3947 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| פַּר־ | par- | [the] young bull of | H6499 → |
| הַשּׁוֹר֙ | ha.shOr | the ox | H7794 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| לְאָבִ֔יךָ | le.'a.Vi.kha | [belongs] to father your | H1 → |
| וּפַ֥ר | u.Far | and [the] young bull | H6499 → |
| הַשֵּׁנִ֖י | ha.she.Ni | the second | H8145 → |
| שֶׁ֣בַע | She.va' | seven | H7651 → |
| שָׁנִ֑ים | sha.Nim | years | H8141 → |
| וְהָרַסְתָּ֗ | ve.ha.ras.Ta | and you will tear down | H2040 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| מִזְבַּ֤ח | miz.Bach | [the] altar of | H4196 → |
| הַבַּ֙עַל֙ | ha.Ba.'al | <the> Baal | H1168 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| לְאָבִ֔יךָ | le.'a.Vi.kha | [belongs] to father your | H1 → |
| וְאֶת־ | ve.'Et | and <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה | ha.'a.she.Rah | the Asherah pole | H842 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | which | H834 → |
| עָלָ֖יו | 'a.Lav | [is] at it | H5921 → |
| תִּכְרֹֽת׃ | tikh.Rot | you will cut down | H3772 → |
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