KJV: For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
YLT: And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree;
Darby: And they also built for themselves high places, and columns, and Asherahs on every high hill and under every green tree;
ASV: For they also built them high places, and pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and under every green tree;
| וַיִּבְנ֨וּ | for built |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: בָּנָה Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue. |
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| גַם־ | also |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: גַּם Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea. |
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| לָהֶ֛ם | for themselves |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Pronoun, third person masculine plural Root: הֵם Sense: they, these, the same, who. |
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| בָּמ֥וֹת | high places |
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Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: בָּמָה Sense: high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform). |
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| וּמַצֵּב֖וֹת | and [sacred] pillars |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural Root: מַצֵּבָה Sense: pillar, mastaba, stump. |
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| וַאֲשֵׁרִ֑ים | and wooden images |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural Root: אֲשֵׁרָה Sense: a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images. |
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| כָּל־ | every |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole. |
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| גִּבְעָ֣ה | hill |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: גִּבְעָה Sense: hill. |
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| גְבֹהָ֔ה | high |
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Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: גָּבֹהַּ Sense: high, exalted. |
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| וְתַ֖חַת | and under |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition Root: מִתְחָה Sense: the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas. |
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| עֵ֥ץ | tree |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עֵץ Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows. |
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| רַעֲנָֽן | green |
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Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: רָעַן Sense: (Palel) to be or grow luxuriant or fresh or green adj. |
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