Exodus 32:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.”

Exodus 32:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 32:2412 words

וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say

לָהֶםlāhemTo

לְמִיləmîTo who?

זָהָבzāhāvGold

הִתְפָּרָקוּhitəpārāqûBreak off

וַיִּתְּנוּwayitənûAnd give

לִיlîTo

וָאַשְׁלִכֵהוּwāʾašəliḵēhûAnd throw

בָאֵשׁvāʾēšIn fire

וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go

הָעֵגֶלhāʿēgelThe calf

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say

לָהֶםlāhemTo

לְמִיləmîTo who?

זָהָבzāhāvGold

הִתְפָּרָקוּhitəpārāqûBreak off

וַיִּתְּנוּwayitənûAnd give

לִיlîTo

וָאַשְׁלִכֵהוּwāʾašəliḵēhûAnd throw

בָאֵשׁvāʾēšIn fire

וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go

הָעֵגֶלhāʿēgelThe calf

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

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