Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 9:12
12And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And the LORD | יְהוָ֜ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| said | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to me | אֵלַ֗י | ’ê·lay | Preposition; first person common singular | H413 motion to |
| Get up | ק֣וּם | qūm | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H6965 arise, stand up, stand |
| and go down | רֵ֤ד | rêḏ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3381 come or go down, descend |
| from here | מִזֶּ֔ה | miz·zeh | Preposition-m; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| at once | מַהֵר֙ | ma·hêr | Adverb | H4118 hurrying, in a hurry |
| for | כִּ֚י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| your people | עַמְּךָ֔ | ‘am·mə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5971 people |
| whom | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you brought | הוֹצֵ֖אתָ | hō·w·ṣê·ṯā | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| out of Egypt | מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם | mim·miṣ·rā·yim | Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| have corrupted | שִׁחֵ֣ת | ši·ḥêṯ | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7843 go to ruin (?) |
| How quickly | מַהֵ֗ר | ma·hêr | Adverb | H4118 hurrying, in a hurry |
| they have turned aside | סָ֣רוּ | sā·rū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H5493 turn aside |
| from | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the way | הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ | had·de·reḵ | Article; Noun - common singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I commanded them | צִוִּיתִ֔ם | ṣiw·wî·ṯim | Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural | H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order |
| They have made | עָשׂ֥וּ | ‘ā·śū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H6213 do, make |
| for themselves | לָהֶ֖ם | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | |
| a molten image | מַסֵּכָֽה׃ | mas·sê·ḵāh | Noun - feminine singular | H4541 molten metal, or image |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Exodus 32:7–8 · Judges 2:17 · Deuteronomy 31:29 · Galatians 1:6 · Hosea 6:4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.