King James Version

2 Kings 10:27

And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

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וַֽיִּתְּצ֔וּvayittsvand beat downנָתַץconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and beat down”, the next action in the storyH5422to tear downbeat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.אֵ֖תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מַצְּבַ֣תmatsvatgarrisonמַצֵּבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “garrison”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4676something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idolgarrison, (standing) image, pillar.הַבָּ֑עַלhabaalthe Baalבַּעַלdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Baal”H1168Baal, a Phoenician deityBaal, (plural) Baalim.וַֽיִּתְּצוּ֙vayittsvand beat downנָתַץconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and beat down”, the next action in the storyH5422to tear downbeat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בֵּ֣יתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…הַבַּ֔עַלhabaalthe Baalבַּעַלdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Baal”H1168Baal, a Phoenician deityBaal, (plural) Baalim.וַיְשִׂמֻ֥הוּvaysimuhvand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…למחראותlmchrvtto draught houseמַחֲרָאָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “to draught house”, the ordinary formH4280a sinkdraught house.לְמֽוֹצָא֖וֹתlemotsaotto a family descentמוֹצָאָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “to a family descent”, the ordinary formH4163a family descent; also a sewerdraught house; going forth.עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.הַיּֽוֹםhayomthe as long asיוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.

Young’s Literal Translation

and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day.

World English Bible

They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.

Darby Translation

and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.

Douay-Rheims

And broke it in pieces. They destroyed also the temple of Baal, and made a jakes in its place unto this day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they tore down the pillars of Baal, and made his house a draught-house until this day.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατέσπασαν τὰς στήλας τοῦ Βάαλ, καὶ ἔπαξαν αὐτὸν εἰς λυτρῶνας ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.