2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 34:3

³In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In the eighth	וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה	ū·ḇiš·mō·w·neh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Number - feminine singular	H8083 eight
year	שָׁנִ֜ים	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
of his reign	לְמָלְכ֗וֹ	lə·mā·lə·ḵōw	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
while he	וְהוּא֙	wə·hū	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
was still	עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ	‘ō·w·ḏen·nū	Adverb; third person masculine singular	H5750 a going round, continuance
young	נַ֔עַר	na·‘ar	Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
Josiah began	הֵחֵ֕ל	hê·ḥêl	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2490 bore, pierce
to seek	לִדְר֕וֹשׁ	liḏ·rō·wōš	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1875 resort to, seek
the God	לֵאלֹהֵ֖י	lê·lō·hê	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of his father	אָבִ֑יו	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
David	דָּוִ֣יד	dā·wîḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
and in the twelfth	וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים	ū·ḇiš·têm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Number - fd	H8147 two
year	שָׁנָ֗ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
he began	הֵחֵל֙	hê·ḥêl	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2490 bore, pierce
to cleanse	לְטַהֵ֔ר	lə·ṭa·hêr	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H2891 be clean, pure
Judah	יְהוּדָה֙	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
and Jerusalem	וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם	wî·rū·šā·lim	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
of	מִן־	min-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the high places	הַבָּמוֹת֙	hab·bā·mō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H1116 high place
the Asherah poles	וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים	wə·hā·’ă·šê·rîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H842 Ashera
the carved idols	וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים	wə·hap·pə·si·lîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H6456 id.
and the cast images	וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃	wə·ham·mas·sê·ḵō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4541 molten metal, or image

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