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2 Kings 23:7

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5422 And he brake down ויתץ

H853 את

H1004 the houses בתי

H6945 of the sodomites הקדשׁים

H834 that אשׁר

H1004 were by the house בבית

H3068 of the LORD יהוה

H834 where אשׁר

H802 the women הנשׁים

H707 wove ארגות

H8033 שׁם

H1004 hangings בתים

H842 for the grove לאשׁרה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

brake

H5422 down

the

H1004 houses

the

H6945 sodomites

H834 that

were

the

H1004 house

the

H3068 LORD

H834 where

the

H802 women

H707 wove

H1004 hangings

for

the

H842 grove

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