Psalms

Psalm 74:5–7

⁵like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees

⁶and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.

⁷They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground;

they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
like men	יִ֭וָּדַע	yiw·wā·ḏa‘	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
wielding	כְּמֵבִ֣יא	kə·mê·ḇî	Preposition-k; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
axes	קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃	qar·dum·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H7134 axe
in a thicket	בִּֽסֲבָךְ־	bi·să·ḇāḵ-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5442 thicket
of trees	עֵ֝֗ץ	‘êṣ	Noun - masculine singular	H6086 tree, trees, wood

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and	וְעֵת	wə·ʿēṯ	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
smashing	יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃	ya·hă·lō·mūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H1986 smite, hammer, strike down
all	יָּ֑חַד	yā·ḥaḏ	Adverb	H3162 unitedness
the carvings	פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ	pit·tū·ḥe·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H6603 engraving
with hatchets	בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל	bə·ḵaš·šîl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3781 axe
and picks	וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת	wə·ḵê·lap·pōṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H3597 club, sledge-hammer

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They have burned	שִׁלְח֣וּ	šil·ḥū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H7971 send
Your sanctuary	מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ	miq·dā·še·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H4720 sacred place, sanctuary
to the ground	לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
they have defiled	חִלְּל֥וּ	ḥil·lə·lū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H2490 bore, pierce
the dwelling place	מִֽשְׁכַּן־	miš·kan-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4908 dwelling-place, 'tabernacle'
of Your Name	שְׁמֶֽךָ׃	šə·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8034 name

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 74:6 1 Kings 6:18 · 1 Kings 6:29 · 1 Kings 6:35 · 1 Kings 6:32

Psalm 74:7 2 Kings 25:9 · Matthew 22:7 · Ezekiel 24:21 · Isaiah 64:11 · Deuteronomy 12:5 · Psalm 89:39

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.