Deuteronomy 12:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.”

Deuteronomy 12:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 12:318 words

וְנִתַּצְתֶּםwənitaṣətemAnd tear

אֶתʾet—

מִזְבּחֹתָםmizəbḥōtāmAltar

וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּםwəšibarətemAnd burst

אֶתʾet—

מַצֵּבֹתָםmaṣēvōtāmStationed

וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶםwaʾăšērêhemAnd Asherah

תִּשְׂרְפוּןtiśərəp̄ûnBe

בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire

וּפְסִילֵיûp̄əsîlêAnd idol

אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod

תְּגַדֵּעוּןtəgadēʿûnFell

וְאִבַּדְתֶּםwəʾibadətemAnd wander

אֶתʾet—

שְׁמָםšəmāmAppellation

מִןminPart

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְנִתַּצְתֶּםwənitaṣətemAnd tear

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מִזְבּחֹתָםmizəbḥōtāmAltar

וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּםwəšibarətemAnd burst

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מַצֵּבֹתָםmaṣēvōtāmStationed

וַאֲשֵׁרֵיהֶםwaʾăšērêhemAnd Asherah

תִּשְׂרְפוּןtiśərəp̄ûnBe

בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire

וּפְסִילֵיûp̄əsîlêAnd idol

אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod

תְּגַדֵּעוּןtəgadēʿûnFell

וְאִבַּדְתֶּםwəʾibadətemAnd wander

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁמָםšəmāmAppellation

מִןminPart

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

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