Exodus 32:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.”

Exodus 32:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 32:2019 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾet—

הָעֵגֶלhāʿēgelThe calf

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

וַיִּשְׂרֹףwayiśərōp̄And be

בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire

וַיִּטְחַןwayiṭəḥanAnd grind

עַדʿadAs far

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

דָּקdāqCrush

וַיִּזֶרwayizerAnd toss

עַלʿalAbove

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

וַיַּשְׁקְwayašəqəAnd quaff

אֶתʾet—

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעֵגֶלhāʿēgelThe calf

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

וַיִּשְׂרֹףwayiśərōp̄And be

בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire

וַיִּטְחַןwayiṭəḥanAnd grind

עַדʿadAs far

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

דָּקdāqCrush

וַיִּזֶרwayizerAnd toss

עַלʿalAbove

פְּנֵיpənêFace

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

וַיַּשְׁקְwayašəqəAnd quaff

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

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