Psalms 74:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

*ועת **וְ֭עַתָּה פִּתּוּחֶ֣יהָ יָּ֑חַד בְּכַשִּׁ֥יל וְ֝כֵֽילַפֹּ֗ת יַהֲלֹמֽוּן׃

Transliteration

Ve'attah pitucheha yachad bekashil vechelapot yahalomun.

Grammar Details

*Ve'attah*: conjunction + adverb - 'and now'
*pitucheha*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - 'its carvings'
*yachad*: adverb - 'together'
*bekashil*: preposition + masculine singular noun - 'with axes/hatchets'
*vechelapot*: conjunction + feminine plural noun - 'and hammers/sledges'
*yahalomun*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun - 'they smash/break'

Word Meanings

*pitucheha*: its carvings/engravings/carved works
*kashil*: axe/hatchet/cutting tool
*chelapot*: hammers/sledges/striking tools
*yahalomun*: they smash/beat down/strike

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 6:18 : 18 And there was cedar on the house within, carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
1 Kgs 6:29 : 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, within and without.
1 Kgs 6:32 : 32 So [he made] two doors of olive-wood; {H6086} and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm-trees.
1 Kgs 6:35 : 35 And he carved [thereon] cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.

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