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Deuteronomy 16:21

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3808 Thou shalt not לא

H5193 plant תטע

H842 thee a grove לך אשׁרה

H3605 of any כל

H6086 trees עץ

H681 near אצל

H4196 unto the altar מזבח

H3068 of the LORD יהוה

H430 thy God אלהיך

H834 which אשׁר

H6213 thou shalt make תעשׂה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Thou

shalt

H3808 not

H5193 plant

thee

H842 grove

H3605 any

H6086 trees

H681 near

unto

the

H4196 altar

the

H3068 LORD

thy

H430 God

H834 which

thou

shalt

H6213 make

thee

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