Exodus 32:23
They 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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ASV
For they said unto me, 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
For they said unto me, 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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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ | vai.Yo.me.ru | and they said | H559 → |
| לִ֔י | Li | to <the> me | |
| עֲשֵׂה־ | 'a.seh- | make | H6213 → |
| לָ֣נוּ | La.nu | for <the> us | |
| אֱלֹהִ֔ים | 'E.lo.Him | gods | H430 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| יֵלְכ֖וּ | ye.le.Khu | they will go | H1980 → |
| לְפָנֵ֑ינוּ | 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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