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Exodus 32:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.


Exodus 32:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 32:1921 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יְהִ֗יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֤רkaʾăšer
just whenpronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
קָרַב֙qārab
he drew nearverbH7126
bring (forth · near) · come (near · nigh) ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַֽ/מַּחֲנֶ֔הhamaḥăneh
the campparticleH4264
band · battle · camp · company ···
וַ/יַּ֥רְאwayarəʾ
and he sawconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/עֵ֖גֶלhāʿēgel
the calfparticleH5695
calf
וּ/מְחֹלֹ֑תwməḥōlōt
and dancingconjH4246
dances
וַ/יִּֽחַרwayiḥar
and it burnedconjH2734
burn · be displeased · earnestly · fret self ···
אַ֣ףʾap
the anger ofparticleH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
מֹשֶׁ֗הmōšeh
MosesnounH4872
וַ/יַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְwayašəlēkə
and he threw downconjH7993
cast (away · down · forth · off ···
מ/יד/וmydw
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
מִ/יָּדָי/ו֙miyādāyw
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/לֻּחֹ֔תhaluḥōt
the tabletsparticleH3871
plate · table
וַ/יְשַׁבֵּ֥רwayəšabēr
and he broke in piecesconjH7665
off · in pieces · up) · broken ···
אֹתָ֖/םʾōtām
themparticleH853
תַּ֥חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
הָ/הָֽרhāhār
the mountainparticleH2022
mount · promotion
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Priya NairNote2mo ago
Anger at the Sacred Broken
When Moses comes down and sees the calf and the dancing, he smashes the two tablets of stone. His anger is so fierce that he destroys the very thing God had just written. I've been angry at injustice...
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Carlos RiveraNote2mo ago
Righteous Anger and Broken Tablets
Moses saw the calf and immediately smashed the tablets. Not because he was impulsive, but because he understood something crucial: you cannot simultaneously hold God's law and worship false gods. The ...
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