Study it in the app“You shall tear down their altars, smash their standing stones, burn their Asherahs with fire, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their name from that place.”
You shall tear downוְנִתַּצְתֶּםtheir altars,אֶת מִזְבּחֹתָםsmashוְשִׁבַּרְתֶּםtheir standing stones,אֶת מַצֵּבֹתָםburnתִּשְׂרְפוּןtheir Asherahsוַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶםwith fire,בָּאֵשׁcut downתְּגַדֵּעוּןthe carved imagesוּפְסִילֵיof their gods,אֱלֹהֵיהֶםand wipe outוְאִבַּדְתֶּםtheir nameאֶת שְׁמָםfromמִןthatהַהוּאplace.הַמָּקוֹם
tear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “nitatstem” appearsaltar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbchota” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shibartem” appearsstanding 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 “matsevota” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “tisrfu” appearsAsherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “ashere” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearscut down, hew
Cut down: fell a tree or a pole; also to cut off or break.
Where else “tegadeu” appearscarved image
Carved image: the figure of a god carved in wood or stone.
Where else “fesile” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsperish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “ibadtem” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears2You shall completely wipe out all the places where the nations that you are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every leafy tree.
3 · This verse (above)
4You shall not act this way toward YHWH your Elohim.
