Exodus 32:1
Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, 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!”
BSB
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ASV
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
KJV
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
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34 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֣רְא | vai.Yar' | and it saw | H7200 → |
| הָעָ֔ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| בֹשֵׁ֥שׁ | vo.Shesh | he delayed | H954 → |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mo.Sheh | Moses | H4872 → |
| לָרֶ֣דֶת | la.Re.det | to come down | H3381 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → |
| הָהָ֑ר | ha.Har | the mountain | H2022 → |
| וַיִּקָּהֵ֨ל | vai.yi.ka.Hel | and it assembled | H6950 → |
| הָעָ֜ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| עַֽל־ | 'al- | to | H5921 → |
| אַהֲרֹ֗ן | 'a.ha.Ron | Aaron | H175 → |
| וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ | vai.yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| אֵלָיו֙ | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
| ק֣וּם׀ | kum | arise | H6965 → |
| עֲשֵׂה־ | 'a.seh- | make | H6213 → |
| לָ֣נוּ | La.nu | for <the> us | |
| אֱלֹהִ֗ים | 'E.lo.Him | gods | H430 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| יֵֽלְכוּ֙ | ye.le.Khu | they will go | H1980 → |
| לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ | le.fa.Nei.nu | <to> before us | H6440 → |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| זֶ֣ה׀ | zeh | this | H2088 → |
| מֹשֶׁ֣ה | mo.Sheh | Moses | H4872 → |
| הָאִ֗ישׁ | ha.'Ish | the man | H376 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | 'a.Sher | who | H834 → |
| הֶֽעֱלָ֙נוּ֙ | he.'e.La.nu | he brought up us | H5927 → |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | me.'E.retz | from [the] land of | H776 → |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitz.Ra.yim | Egypt | H4714 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| יָדַ֖עְנוּ | ya.Da'.nu | we know | H3045 → |
| מֶה־ | meh- | what? | H4100 → |
| הָ֥יָה | Ha.yah | has it happened | H1961 → |
| לֽוֹ׃ | lo | to <the> him |
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