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Deuteronomy 9:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.


Deuteronomy 9:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:2126 words
וְאֶתwəʾet
חַטַּאתְכֶםḥaṭaʾtəḵemOffence
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עֲשִׂיתֶםʿăśîtemDo
אֶתʾet
הָעֵגֶלhāʿēgelThe calf
לָקַחְתִּיlāqaḥətîTake
וָאֶשְׂרֹףwāʾeśərōp̄And be
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire
וָאֶכֹּתwāʾekōtAnd bruise
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
טָחוֹןṭāḥwōnGrind
הֵיטֵבhêṭēvBe
עַדʿadAs far
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דַּקdaqCrush
לְעָפָרləʿāp̄ārTo dust
וָאַשְׁלִךְwāʾašəliḵəAnd throw
אֶתʾet
עֲפָרוֹʿăp̄ārwōDust
אֶלʾelNear
הַנַּחַלhanaḥalThe stream
הַיֹּרֵדhayōrēdThe descend
מִןminPart
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
חַטַּאתְכֶםḥaṭaʾtəḵemOffence
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עֲשִׂיתֶםʿăśîtemDo
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעֵגֶלhāʿēgelThe calf
לָקַחְתִּיlāqaḥətîTake
וָאֶשְׂרֹףwāʾeśərōp̄And be
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire
וָאֶכֹּתwāʾekōtAnd bruise
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
טָחוֹןṭāḥwōnGrind
הֵיטֵבhêṭēvBe
עַדʿadAs far
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דַּקdaqCrush
לְעָפָרləʿāp̄ārTo dust
וָאַשְׁלִךְwāʾašəliḵəAnd throw
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
עֲפָרוֹʿăp̄ārwōDust
אֶלʾelNear
הַנַּחַלhanaḥalThe stream
הַיֹּרֵדhayōrēdThe descend
מִןminPart
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain

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