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2 Kings 17:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5800 And they left ויעזבו

H853 את

H3605 all כל

H4687 the commandments מצות

H3068 of the LORD יהוה

H430 their God אלהיהם

H6213 and made ויעשׂו

H4541 them molten images להם מסכה

H8147 even two שׁנים

H5695 calves עגלים

H6213 and made ויעשׂו

H842 a grove אשׁירה

H7812 and worshipped וישׁתחוו

H3605 all לכל

H6635 the host צבא

H8064 of heaven השׁמים

H5647 and served ויעבדו

H853 את

H1168 Baal הבעל׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

they

H5800 left

H3605 all

the

H4687 commandments

the

H3068 LORD

their

H430 God

and

H6213 made

them

molten

H4541 images

even

H8147 two

H5695 calves

and

H6213 made

H842 grove

and

H7812 worshipped

H3605 all

the

H6635 host

H8064 heaven

and

H5647 served

H1168 Baal

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