Exodus 32:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the Lord.”

Exodus 32:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 32:511 words

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build

מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar

לְפָנָיוləp̄ānāywTo face

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say

חַגḥagFestival

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

מָחָרmāḥārDeferred

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build

מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar

לְפָנָיוləp̄ānāywTo face

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say

חַגḥagFestival

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

מָחָרmāḥārDeferred

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