Judges
Judges 6:25
25On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On that very | הַהוּא֒ | ha·hū | Article; Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| night | בַּלַּ֣יְלָה | bal·lay·lāh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3915 twist, night, adversity |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| said | וַיֹּ֧אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | ל֣וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| Take | קַ֤ח | qaḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3947 take |
| your father’s | לְאָבִ֔יךָ | lə·’ā·ḇî·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1 father |
| young bull | פַּר־ | par- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H6499 young bull, steer |
| and a second | הַשֵּׁנִ֖י | haš·šê·nî | Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular | H8145 second |
| bull | וּפַ֥ר | ū·p̄ar | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6499 young bull, steer |
| seven | שֶׁ֣בַע | še·ḇa‘ | Number - feminine singular | H7651 seven |
| years old | שָׁנִ֑ים | šā·nîm | Noun - feminine plural | H8141 year |
| tear down | וְהָרַסְתָּ֗ | wə·hā·ras·tā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H2040 throw down, break or tear down |
| your father’s | לְאָבִ֔יךָ | lə·’ā·ḇî·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1 father |
| altar | מִזְבַּ֤ח | miz·baḥ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4196 altar |
| to Baal | הַבַּ֙עַל֙ | hab·ba·‘al | Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1168 owner, lord |
| and cut down | תִּכְרֹֽת׃ | tiḵ·rōṯ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3772 cut off, cut down |
| the Asherah pole | הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה | hā·’ă·šê·rāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H842 Ashera |
| beside it | עָלָ֖יו | ‘ā·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5921 height |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Exodus 34:13 · Judges 3:7 · 2 Corinthians 6:15–17 · Matthew 10:37 · Acts 5:29 · 1 Kings 18:21 · Matthew 6:24
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.