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They set upוַיַּצִּבוּfor themselvesלָהֶםstanding stonesמַצֵּבוֹתand Asherahsוַאֲשֵׁרִיםon everyעַל כָּלhighגְבֹהָהhillגִּבְעָהand underוְתַחַתeveryכָּלleafyרַעֲנָןtree.עֵץ
2 Kings 17:10
Study it in the app“They set up for themselves standing stones and Asherahs on every high hill and under every leafy tree.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 17:10, word by word
- They set upיַּצִּבוּyatsivu
set up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “yatsivu” appears- standing stonesמַצֵּבוֹתmatsevot
standing stone
Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.
Where else “matsevot” appears- and Asherahsאֲשֵׁרִיםasherim
Asherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “asherim” appears- highגְבֹהָהgevoha
tall
Rising far above the ground: a mountain, a wall, a tree, a horn.
Where else “gevoha” appears- hillגִּבְעָהgiva
hill
Hill.
Where else “giva” appears- leafyרַעֲנָןraanan
green, leafy
Green, leafy: full of leaves; also fresh, flourishing.
Where else “raanan” appears- treeעֵץets
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appears
The context
9The sons of Israel did secretly things that were not right against YHWH their Elohim; they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
10 · This verse (above)
11They burned incense there on all the high places, like the nations whom YHWH carried into exile from before them; and they did evil things to provoke YHWH to anger.