2 Kings 23:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.”

2 Kings 23:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 23:2016 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ֠/יִּזְבַּחwayizəbaḥ

killconjH2076

offer · sacrifice · slay

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

כֹּהֲנֵ֨יkōhănēy

chief rulernounH3548

own · priest · prince · principal officer

הַ/בָּמ֤וֹתhabāmwōt

heightparticleH1116

high place · wave

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

שָׁם֙šām

in itadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הַֽ/מִּזְבְּח֔וֹתhamizəbəḥwōt

altarparticleH4196

וַ/יִּשְׂרֹ֛ףwayiśərōp

(cause toconjH8313

make a) burn · up) kindle · utterly

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עַצְמ֥וֹתʿaṣəmwōt

bodynounH6106

bone · life · same · strength ···

אָדָ֖םʾādām

man (meannounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

עֲלֵי/הֶ֑םʿălēyhem

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

וַ/יָּ֖שָׁבwayāšāb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

יְרוּשָׁלִָֽםyərwšālāim

JerusalemnounH3389

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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