Deuteronomy 16:21
You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Yahweh your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- אֲשֵׁרָהʼăshêrâhAsherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
- נָטַעnâṭaʻproperly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
- אֵצֶלʼêtsela side; (as a preposition) near
- עֵץʻêtsa tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
- מִזְבֵּחַmizbêachan altar
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.