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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
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
קָרַבqāravApproach
אֶלʾelNear
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
אֶתʾet
הָעֵגֶלhāʿēgelThe calf
וּמְחֹלֹתûməḥōlōtAnd dance
וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
אַףʾap̄Nose
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיַּשְׁלֵךְwayašəlēḵəAnd throw
מידוmydwFrom hand
מִיָּדָיוmîdāywFrom hand
אֶתʾet
הַלֻּחֹתhaluḥōtThe glisten
וַיְשַׁבֵּרwayəšabērAnd burst
אֹתָםʾōtām
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
קָרַבqāravApproach
אֶלʾelNear
הַמַּחֲנֶהhamaḥănehThe encampment
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעֵגֶלhāʿēgelThe calf
וּמְחֹלֹתûməḥōlōtAnd dance
וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
אַףʾap̄Nose
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
וַיַּשְׁלֵךְwayašəlēḵəAnd throw
מידוmydwFrom hand
מִיָּדָיוmîdāywFrom hand
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַלֻּחֹתhaluḥōtThe glisten
וַיְשַׁבֵּרwayəšabērAnd burst
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain

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