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Deuteronomy 9:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.


Deuteronomy 9:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:1617 words
וָאֵרֶאwāʾēreʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
חֲטָאתֶםḥăṭāʾtemMiss
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
עֲשִׂיתֶםʿăśîtemDo
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
עֵגֶלʿēgelCalf
מַסֵּכָהmasēḵāhPouring
סַרְתֶּםsarətemTurn
מַהֵרmahērHurrying
מִןminPart
הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֵרֶאwāʾēreʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
חֲטָאתֶםḥăṭāʾtemMiss
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
עֲשִׂיתֶםʿăśîtemDo
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
עֵגֶלʿēgelCalf
מַסֵּכָהmasēḵāhPouring
סַרְתֶּםsarətemTurn
מַהֵרmahērHurrying
מִןminPart
הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

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