Exodus 32:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
Exodus 32:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 32:822 words
סָרוּsārûTurn
מַהֵרmahērHurrying
מִןminPart
הַדֶּרֶךְhadereḵəThe road
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
צִוִּיתִםṣiûytimConstitute
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
לָהֶםlāhemTo
עֵגֶלʿēgelCalf
מַסֵּכָהmasēḵāhPouring
וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּwayišətaḥăwûAnd depress
לוֹlwōTo
וַיִּזְבְּחוּwayizəbəḥûAnd slaughter
לוֹlwōTo
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֶעֱלוּךָheʿĕlûḵāAscend
מֵאֶרֶץmēʾereṣFrom earth
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
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