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Exodus 32:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.


Exodus 32:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 32:416 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּקַּ֣חwayiqaḥ
and he took themconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
מִ/יָּדָ֗/םmiyādām
from hand theirpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וַ/יָּ֤צַרwayāṣar
fashionconjH3335
earthen · form · frame · make ···
אֹת/וֹ֙ʾōtwō
itparticleH853
בַּ/חֶ֔רֶטbaḥereṭ
with toolpronH2747
pen
וַֽ/יַּעֲשֵׂ֖/הוּwayaʿăśēhw
and he made itconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
עֵ֣גֶלʿēgel
a calf ofnounH5695
calf
מַסֵּכָ֑הmasēkāh
molten metalnounH4541
molten · vail
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵ֤לֶּהʾēleh
theseprepH428
so · some · such · them ···
אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ʾĕlōheykā
are gods yournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
O IsraelnounH3478
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הֶעֱל֖וּ/ךָheʿĕlwkā
they brought up youverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץmēʾereṣ
from the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
מִצְרָֽיִםmiṣərāyim
EgyptnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
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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Aaron's response to the golden calf project reveals something troubling about human nature. The people asked for a god they could see and touch, something manageable and visible. Aaron didn't refuse o...
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