Exodus

Exodus 32:19–20

19As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain. 20Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.

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Exodus 32:19

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Asכַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka·’ă·šerPreposition-k; Pronoun - relativeH834 particle of relation
approachedקָרַב֙qā·raḇVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH7126 come near, approach
the campהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הham·ma·ḥă·nehArticle; Noun - common singularH4264 encampment, camp
and sawוַיַּ֥רְאway·yarConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH7200 see
the calfהָעֵ֖גֶלhā·‘ê·ḡelArticle; Noun - masculine singularH5695 calf
and the dancingוּמְחֹלֹ֑תū·mə·ḥō·lōṯConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine pluralH4246 id.
heמֹשֶׁ֗הmō·šehNoun - proper - masculine singularH4872 Moses
burnedוַיִּֽחַר־way·yi·ḥar-Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH2734 burn, be kindled
with angerאַ֣ף’ap̄Noun - masculine singular constructH639 nostril, nose, face, anger
and threwוַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְway·yaš·lêḵConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH7993 throw, fling, cast
the tabletsהַלֻּחֹ֔תhal·lu·ḥōṯArticle; Noun - masculine pluralH3871 tablet, board or plank, plate
out of his handsמִיָּדוֹmī·yå̄·ḏōPreposition-m; Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine singularH3027 hand
shatteringוַיְשַׁבֵּ֥רway·šab·bêrConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH7665 break, break in pieces
themאֹתָ֖ם’ō·ṯāmDirect object marker; third person masculine pluralH853 mark of the accusative
at the base ofתַּ֥חַתta·ḥaṯPrepositionH8478 the under part
the mountainהָהָֽר׃hā·hārArticle; Noun - masculine singularH2022 mountain, hill, hill-country

Exodus 32:20

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Then he tookוַיִּקַּ֞חway·yiq·qaḥConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH3947 take
the calfהָעֵ֨גֶלhā·‘ê·ḡelArticle; Noun - masculine singularH5695 calf
they had madeעָשׂוּ֙‘ā·śūVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralH6213 do, make
burned itוַיִּשְׂרֹ֣ףway·yiś·rōp̄Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH8313 burn
in the fireבָּאֵ֔שׁbā·’êšPreposition-b, Article; Noun - common singularH784 fire
groundוַיִּטְחַ֖ןway·yiṭ·ḥanConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH2912 grind
toעַ֣ד‘aḏPrepositionH5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
powderדָּ֑קdāqVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH1854 crush, pulverise, thresh; be fine
and scatteredוַיִּ֙זֶר֙way·yi·zerConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH2219 scatter, fan, winnow
overעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
the faceפְּנֵ֣יpə·nêNoun - common plural constructH6440 face, before
of the waterהַמַּ֔יִםham·ma·yimArticle; Noun - masculine pluralH4325 water, juice, urine
Then he forcedבְּנֵ֥יbə·nêNoun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
the Israelitesיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃yiś·rā·’êlNoun - proper - masculine singularH3478 Israel
to drinkוַיַּ֖שְׁקְway·yašqConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH8248 quaff, irrigate, furnish a potion to
itאֶת־’eṯ-Direct object markerH853 mark of the accusative

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Exodus 32:19 Deuteronomy 9:16–17

Exodus 32:20 Deuteronomy 9:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.