Exodus

Exodus 32:12

¹²Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָמָּה֩	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
should the Egyptians declare	יֹאמְר֨וּ	yō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
He brought them out	הֽוֹצִיאָם֙	hō·w·ṣî·’ām	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H3318 go or come out
with evil intent	בְּרָעָ֤ה	bə·rā·‘āh	Preposition-b; Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil
to kill	לַהֲרֹ֤ג	la·hă·rōḡ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H2026 kill, slay
them	אֹתָם֙	’ō·ṯām	Direct object marker; third person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
in the mountains	בֶּֽהָרִ֔ים	be·hā·rîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
and wipe them	וּ֨לְכַלֹּתָ֔ם	ū·lə·ḵal·lō·ṯām	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
from	מֵעַ֖ל	mê·‘al	Preposition-m	H5921 height
the face	פְּנֵ֣י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of the earth	הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land
Turn	שׁ֚וּב	šûb̲	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
from Your fierce	מֵחֲר֣וֹן	mê·ḥă·rō·wn	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2740 (burning of) anger
anger	אַפֶּ֔ךָ	’ap·pe·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger
and relent	וְהִנָּחֵ֥ם	wə·hin·nā·ḥêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5162 be sorry, console
from	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
harm	הָרָעָ֖ה	hā·rā·‘āh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil
to Your people	לְעַמֶּֽךָ׃	lə·‘am·me·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5971 people

Cross-references

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Numbers 14:13–16 · Deuteronomy 9:28 · Exodus 32:14 · Joshua 7:9 · Deuteronomy 32:36 · Amos 7:3 · Ezekiel 20:22 · Jonah 3:9 · Amos 7:6 · Psalm 74:18 · Ezekiel 20:9 · Ezekiel 20:14

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.