Hebrew Interlinear

2 Chronicles 34:4 Interlinear

And they brake down in his presence the altars of Baalim and the images that were on high above them he cut down and the groves and the carved images and the molten images he brake in pieces and made dust of them and strowed in his presence the graves of them that had sacrificed

Word-by-Word Analysis

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1וַיְנַתְּצ֣וּH5422And they brake downto tear down
2פְּנֵ֣יH6440in his presencethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
3אֵ֚תH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4מִזְבְּח֣וֹתH4196the altarsan altar
5הַבְּעָלִ֔יםH1168of Baalimbaal, a phoenician deity
6וְהַֽחַמָּנִ֛יםH2553and the imagesa sun-pillar
7אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
8לְמַ֥עְלָהH4605that were on high above themproperly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
9מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֖םH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10גִּדֵּ֑עַH1438he cut downto fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
11וְ֠הָֽאֲשֵׁרִיםH842and the grovesasherah (or astarte) a phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
12וְהַפְּסִלִ֤יםH6456and the carved imagesan idol
13וְהַמַּסֵּכוֹת֙H4541and the molten imagesproperly, a pouring over, i.e., fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e., league; concretely a coverlet (as if pour
14שִׁבַּ֣רH7665he brake in piecesto burst (literally or figuratively)
15וְהֵדַ֔קH1854and made dustto crush (or intransitively) crumble
16וַיִּזְרֹק֙H2236of them and strowedto sprinkle (fluid or solid particles)
17עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
18פְּנֵ֣יH6440in his presencethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
19הַקְּבָרִ֔יםH6913the gravesa sepulcher
20הַזֹּֽבְחִ֖יםH2076of them that had sacrificedto slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
21לָהֶֽם׃H0

Verse Context

2 Chronicles 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign while he was yet young...
2 Chronicles 34:4 (current)And they brake down in his presence the altars of Baalim and the images that were on high above them he cut down and the groves and the carved images and the molten images he brake in pieces and made dust of them and strowed in his presence the graves of them that had sacrificed
2 Chronicles 34:5the bones of the priests And he burnt upon their altars and cleansed...

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