Exodus 32:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.”

Exodus 32:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 32:311 words

וַיִּתְפָּרְקוּwayitəpārəqûAnd break off

כָּלkālWhole

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

אֶתʾet—

נִזְמֵיnizəmêNose-ring

הַזָּהָבhazāhāvThe gold

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּאָזְנֵיהֶםbəʾāzənêhemIn broadness

וַיָּבִיאוּwayāvîʾûAnd go

אֶלʾelNear

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּתְפָּרְקוּwayitəpārəqûAnd break off

כָּלkālWhole

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נִזְמֵיnizəmêNose-ring

הַזָּהָבhazāhāvThe gold

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּאָזְנֵיהֶםbəʾāzənêhemIn broadness

וַיָּבִיאוּwayāvîʾûAnd go

אֶלʾelNear

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

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