a.tsav denotes cult images treated as possessions, objects of service, or things made and removed under judgment.

The term consistently denotes cult images: they are made from silver and gold, served or joined to, identified with particular peoples or places, and subjected to removal, crushing, or disgrace.

1. Cult images as objects of devotion and judgment · dominant

   The plural forms name objects that people make and serve: in Hosea 8:4 the APB renders a clause about making them from silver and gold, while in Psalm 106:36 it renders their service as becoming a snare. The same forms also identify such objects as vulnerable to defeat or destruction: in 2 Samuel 5:21 they are abandoned and carried away, and in Micah 1:7 they are crushed and set for devastation.

   Hosea 8:4Psalm 106:362 Samuel 5:21Micah 1:7Psalm 115:4Zechariah 13:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly uses “idols” for the objects in view, including those made from precious metals, served, abandoned, or destroyed. Its wording is treated as confirmation of each verse’s clause rather than a precise mapping for every token.