Exodus

Exodus 32:23

²³They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They told	וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
me	לִ֔י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
Make	עֲשֵׂה־	‘ă·śêh-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H6213 do, make
us	לָ֣נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
gods	אֱלֹהִ֔ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
who	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
will go	יֵלְכ֖וּ	yê·lə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
before us	לְפָנֵ֑ינוּ	lə·p̄ā·nê·nū	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H6440 face, before
As for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
this	זֶ֣ה׀	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֣ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
who	אֲשֶׁ֤ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
brought us up	הֶֽעֱלָ֙נוּ֙	he·‘ĕ·lā·nū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
out of the land	מֵאֶ֣רֶץ	mê·’e·reṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of Egypt	מִצְרַ֔יִם	miṣ·ra·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
we do not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יָדַ֖עְנוּ	yā·ḏa‘·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H3045 know
what	מֶה־	meh-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
has happened	הָ֥יָה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
to him	לֽוֹ׃	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular

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Exodus 32:1–4

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