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2 Kings 13:6

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Masoretic Text 1524

H389 Nevertheless אך

H3808 not לא

H5493 they departed סרו

H2403 מחטאות

H1004 of the house בית

H3379 of Jeroboam ירבעם

H834 who אשׁר

H2398 sin החטי

H853 את

H3478 made Israel ישׂראל

H1980 but walked בה הלך

H1571 also וגם

H842 the grove האשׁרה

H5975 therein and there remained עמדה

H8111 in Samaria בשׁמרון׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H389 Nevertheless

they

H5493 departed

H3808 not

from

the

H4480 sins

the

H1004 house

H3379 Jeroboam

H834 who

made

H3478 Israel

H2398 sin

but

H1980 walked

therein

and

there

H5975 remained

the

H842 grove

H1571 also

H8111 Samaria

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H842

Hebrew: אֲשֵׁרָה

Transliteration: ʼăshêrâh

Pronunciation: ash-ay-raw'

Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine

Bible Usage: grove. Compare H6253 .

Definition:

happy; asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

Ashera(h) = "groves (for idol worship)"

1. a Babylonian (Astarte)-Canaanite goddess (of fortune and happiness), the supposed consort of Baal, her images

a. the goddess, goddesses

b. her images

c. sacred trees or poles set up near an altar

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906