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But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. (KJV)
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כִּֽי\־ki-that
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 1
אִם\־'im-except
Lemma: [כִּי] אם (ki im) · Strong's: H0518B
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: except
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 28:17, Genesis 32:26, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 2
כֹּ֤הkohthus
Lemma: כֹּה (koh) · Strong's: H3541
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: thus
Used 576 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 31:8, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 32:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3541; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 3
תַעֲשׂוּ֙ta.'a.Suyou will do
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 4
מִזְבְּחֹתֵיהֶ֣םmiz.be.cho.tei.Hemaltars their
Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach) · Strong's: H4196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: altar
Used 399 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4196; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 5
תִּתֹּ֔צוּti.To.tzuyou will break down
Lemma: נָתַץ (na.tats) · Strong's: H5422
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to tear
Used 42 times. Also: Exodus 34:13, Leviticus 11:35, Leviticus 14:45, Deuteronomy 12:3, Judges 2:2, Judges 6:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5422; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 6
וּמַצֵּבֹתָ֖םu.ma.tze.vo.Tamand sacred pillars their
Lemma: מַצֵּבָה (mats.tse.vah) · Strong's: H4676
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: pillar
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:22, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 31:45, Genesis 31:51, Genesis 31:52 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4676; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 7
תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּte.sha.Be.ruyou will shatter
Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7665
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpi2mp)
Meaning: to break
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 19:9, Exodus 9:25, Exodus 12:46, Exodus 22:10, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 23:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7665; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 8
וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם֙va.'a.shei.re.Hemand Asherah poles their
Lemma: אֲשֵׁרָה (a.she.rah) · Strong's: H0842
Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNtmpc)
Meaning: Asherah
Used 40 times. Also: Exodus 34:13, Deuteronomy 12:3, Deuteronomy 16:21, Judges 3:7, Judges 6:25, Judges 6:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0842; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 9
תְּגַדֵּע֔וּןte.ga.de.'Unyou will cut down !
Lemma: גָּדַע (ga.da) · Strong's: H1438
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpi2mp)
Meaning: to cut down/off
Used 22 times. Also: Deuteronomy 12:3, Judges 21:6, 1 Samuel 2:31, 2 Chronicles 14:3, 2 Chronicles 31:1, 2 Chronicles 34:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1438; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 10
וּפְסִילֵיהֶ֖םu.fe.si.lei.Hemand images their
Lemma: פָּסִיל (pe.sil) · Strong's: H6456
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: idol
Used 23 times. Also: Deuteronomy 7:25, Deuteronomy 12:3, Judges 3:19, Judges 3:26, 2 Kings 17:41, 2 Chronicles 33:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6456; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 11
תִּשְׂרְפ֥וּןtis.re.Funyou will burn !
Lemma: שָׂרַף (sa.raph) · Strong's: H8313
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to burn
Used 117 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 38:24, Exodus 12:10, Exodus 29:14, Exodus 29:34, Exodus 32:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8313; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 12
בָּאֵֽשׁ\׃ba.'Eshwith <the> fire
Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: fire
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Deuteronomy 7:5 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Instead | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| . . . | → | [כִּי] אם H0518B if: except |
| this is what | → | כֹּה H3541 thus |
| you are to do to them | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| . . . | → | |
| tear down | → | נָתַץ H5422 to tear |
| their altars | → | מִזְבֵּחַ H4196 altar |
| smash | → | שָׁבַר H7665 to break |
| their sacred pillars | → | מַצֵּבָה H4676 pillar |
| cut down | → | גָּדַע H1438 to cut down/off |
| their Asherah poles | → | אֲשֵׁרָה H0842 Asherah |
| and burn | → | שָׂרַף H8313 to burn |
| their idols | → | פָּסִיל H6456 idol |
| in the fire | → | אֵשׁ H0784 fire |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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