Deuteronomy 12:3
You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.This verse in the real world
In what words
- פְּסִילpᵉçîylan idol
- גָּדַעgâdaʻto fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
- מַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâhsomething stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
- אֲשֵׁרָהʼăshêrâhAsherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
- נָתַץnâthatsto tear down
- שָׂרַףsâraphto be (causatively, set) on fire
- שָׁבַרshâbarto burst (literally or figuratively)
- אָבַדʼâbadproperly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.