Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 12:3
“And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5422 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to tear down
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- נִתַּצְתֶּ֣ם — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 42 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 34:13Leviticus 11:35Leviticus 14:45Deuteronomy 7:5Judges 2:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָתַץ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.