The menאַנְשֵׁיof the cityהָעִירrose earlyוַיַּשְׁכִּימוּin the morning,בַּבֹּקֶרand look,וְהִנֵּהthe altarמִזְבַּחof Baalהַבַּעַלwas torn down,נֻתַּץand the Asherahוְהָאֲשֵׁרָהthatאֲשֶׁרwas beside itעָלָיוwas cut down,כֹּרָתָהand the secondוְ הַשֵּׁנִיbullאֵת הַפָּרwas offeredהֹעֲלָהonעַלthe altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַthat had been built.הַבָּנוּי
Judges 6:28
Study it in the app“The men of the city rose early in the morning, and look, the altar of Baal was torn down, and the Asherah that was beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 6:28, word by word
- The menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- rose earlyיַּשְׁכִּימוּyashkimu
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkimu” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- the altarמִזְבַּחmizbach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbach” appears- of Baalבַּעַלbaal
Baal
Baal: the god of the Canaanites, to whom they attributed the rain and the harvests. The word means "lord, owner." The Bible names him as a foreign god whom Israel was not to serve.
Where else “baal” appears- was torn downנֻתַּץnutats
tear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “nutats” appears- and the Asherahאֲשֵׁרָהashera
Asherah
Asherah: a Canaanite goddess, and the pole or sacred tree that stood for her beside the altars.
Where else “ashera” appears- was cut downכֹּרָתָהkorata
cut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “korata” appears- and the secondשֵּׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- bullפָּרpar
bull
Young bull, bullock.
Where else “par” appears- was offeredהֹעֲלָהhoala
offer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “hoala” appears- that had been builtבָּנוּיbanuy
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “banuy” appears
The context
27Gideon took ten men from his servants and did as YHWH had told him. But because he was afraid of the house of his father and the men of the city to do it by day, he did it by night.
28 · This verse (above)
29They said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” They inquired and searched, and they said, “Gideon son of Joash has done this thing.”