Judges 6:30
Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
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ASV
Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was by it.
KJV
Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ | vai.Yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| אַנְשֵׁ֤י | 'an.Shei | [the] men of | H582 → |
| הָעִיר֙ | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| יוֹאָ֔שׁ | yo.'Ash | Joash | H3101 → |
| הוֹצֵ֥א | ho.Tze' | bring out | H3318 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בִּנְךָ֖ | bin.Kha | son your | H1121 → |
| וְיָמֹ֑ת | ve.ya.Mot | so may he die | H4191 → |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| נָתַץ֙ | na.Tatz | he has torn down | H5422 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| מִזְבַּ֣ח | miz.Bach | [the] altar of | H4196 → |
| הַבַּ֔עַל | ha.Ba.'al | <the> Baal | H1168 → |
| וְכִ֥י | ve.Khi | and for | H3588 → |
| כָרַ֖ת | kha.Rat | he has cut down | H3772 → |
| הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה | ha.'a.she.Rah | the Asherah pole | H842 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | which | H834 → |
| עָלָֽיו׃ | 'a.Lav | [was] at it | H5921 → |
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