Hebrew Interlinear

2 Kings 18:4 Interlinear

He removed the high places and brake the images and cut down the groves and brake in pieces serpent the brasen had made that Moses for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it and he called it Nehushtan

Word-by-Word Analysis

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1ה֣וּא׀H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
2הֵסִ֣ירH5493He removedto turn off (literally or figuratively)
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4הַבָּמ֗וֹתH1116the high placesan elevation
5וְשִׁבַּר֙H7665and braketo burst (literally or figuratively)
6אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔תH4676the imagessomething stationed, i.e., a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
8וְכָרַ֖תH3772and cut downto cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
9אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
10הָֽאֲשֵׁרָ֑הH842the grovesasherah (or astarte) a phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
11וְכִתַּת֩H3807and brake in piecesto bruise or violently strike
12נְחַ֨שׁH5175serpenta snake (from its hiss)
13הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתH5178the brasencopper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
14אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
15עָשָׂ֣הH6213had madeto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
16מֹשֶׁ֗הH4872that Mosesmosheh, the israelite lawgiver
17כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
18עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
19הַיָּמִ֤יםH3117for unto those daysa day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
20הָהֵ֙מָּה֙H1992they (only used when emphatic)
21הָי֤וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
22בְנֵֽיH1121the childrena son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
23יִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
24מְקַטְּרִ֣יםH6999did burn incenseto smoke, i.e., turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
25ל֔וֹH0
26וַיִּקְרָאH7121to it and he calledto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
27ל֖וֹH0
28נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן׃H5180it Nehushtansomething made of copper, i.e., the copper serpent of the desert

Verse Context

2 Kings 18:3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD ...
2 Kings 18:4 (current) He removed the high places and brake the images and cut down the groves and brake in pieces serpent the brasen had made that Moses for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it and he called it Nehushtan
2 Kings 18:5in the LORD God of Israel He trusted so that after ...

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