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He tore downוַיִּתֹּץthe housesאֶת בָּתֵּיof the sacred male prostitutesהַקְּדֵשִׁיםthatאֲשֶׁרwere in the houseבְּבֵיתof YHWH,יְהוָהwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםthe womenהַנָּשִׁיםwoveאֹרְגוֹתhousesבָּתִּיםfor the Asherah.לָאֲשֵׁרָה
2 Kings 23:7
Study it in the app“He tore down the houses of the sacred male prostitutes that were in the house of YHWH, where the women wove houses for the Asherah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 23:7, word by word
- He tore downיִּתֹּץyitots
tear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “yitots” appears- the housesבָּתֵּיbate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bate” appears- of the sacred male prostitutesקְּדֵשִׁיםkedeshim
male cult prostitute
Cult prostitute: a man devoted to prostitution in the shrine of a foreign god.
Where else “kedeshim” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- woveאֹרְגוֹתorgot
weave; weaver
Weave; weaver.
Where else “orgot” appears- for the Asherahאֲשֵׁרָהashera
Asherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “ashera” appears
Translation note
“Wove houses”: so the Hebrew says; it can be understood of tents or hangings of cloth for the worship of the Asherah.
The context
6He brought out the Asherah from the house of YHWH, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the grave of the sons of the people.
7 · This verse (above)
8He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and made unclean the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he tore down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the chief of the city, which were on a man’s left at the gate of the city.