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2 Kings 23:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer–sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.


2 Kings 23:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Kings 23:833 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּבֵ֤אwayābēʾ
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/כֹּֽהֲנִים֙hakōhăniym
chief rulerparticleH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
מֵ/עָרֵ֣יmēʿārēy
AipronH5892
city · court · town
יְהוּדָ֔הyəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
וַ/יְטַמֵּ֣אwayəṭamēʾ
defileconjH2930
pollute · be (make · make self · pronounce) unclean ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/בָּמ֗וֹתhabāmwōt
heightparticleH1116
high place · wave
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
קִטְּרוּqiṭərw
burn (incenseverbH6999
sacrifice) · incense · kindle · offer (incense ···
שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙šāmāh
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
הַ/כֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםhakōhăniym
chief rulerparticleH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
מִ/גֶּ֖בַעmigebaʿ
GabapronH1387
Geba · Gibeah
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
בְּאֵ֣רbəʾēr
Beer-shebahnounH884
שָׁ֑בַעšābaʿ
Beer-shebahnounH884
וְ/נָתַ֞ץwənātaṣ
beat downconjH5422
break down · cast down · destroy · overthrow ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בָּמ֣וֹתbāmwōt
heightnounH1116
high place · wave
הַ/שְּׁעָרִ֗יםhašəʿāriym
cityparticleH8179
door · gate · port
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
פֶּ֜תַחpetaḥ
doornounH6607
entering · entrance · gate · opening ···
שַׁ֤עַרšaʿar
citynounH8179
door · gate · port
יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙yəhwōšuʿa
JehoshuanounH3091
Jehoshuah · Joshua. Compare
שַׂרśar
captainnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
הָ/עִ֔ירhāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
אֲשֶֽׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׂמֹ֥אולśəmōʾwl
left (handnounH8040
side)
אִ֖ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
בְּ/שַׁ֥עַרbəšaʿar
citypronH8179
door · gate · port
הָ/עִֽירhāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
Words 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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