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Deuteronomy 9:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.


Deuteronomy 9:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:1222 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
קוּםqûmRise
רֵדrēdDescend
מַהֵרmahērHurrying
מִזֶּהmizehFrom this
כִּיRelative conjunction
שִׁחֵתšiḥētDecay
עַמְּךָʿaməḵāPeople
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוֹצֵאתָhwōṣēʾtāGo
מִמִּצְרָיִםmimiṣərāyimFrom Mitsrajim
סָרוּsārûTurn
מַהֵרmahērHurrying
מִןminPart
הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוִּיתִםṣiûytimConstitute
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
לָהֶםlāhemTo
מַסֵּכָהmasēḵāhPouring
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
קוּםqûmRise
רֵדrēdDescend
מַהֵרmahērHurrying
מִזֶּהmizehFrom this
כִּיRelative conjunction
שִׁחֵתšiḥētDecay
עַמְּךָʿaməḵāPeople
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוֹצֵאתָhwōṣēʾtāGo
מִמִּצְרָיִםmimiṣərāyimFrom Mitsrajim
סָרוּsārûTurn
מַהֵרmahērHurrying
מִןminPart
הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוִּיתִםṣiûytimConstitute
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
לָהֶםlāhemTo
מַסֵּכָהmasēḵāhPouring

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