Exodus 32:8
How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
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ASV
they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
KJV
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| סָ֣רוּ | Sa.ru | they have turned aside | H5493 → |
| מַהֵ֗ר | ma.Her | quickly | H4118 → |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → |
| הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ | ha.De.rekh | the way | H1870 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| צִוִּיתִ֔ם | tzi.vi.Tim | I commanded them | H6680 → |
| עָשׂ֣וּ | 'a.Su | they have made | H6213 → |
| לָהֶ֔ם | la.Hem | for <the> themselves | |
| עֵ֖גֶל | 'E.gel | a calf of | H5695 → |
| מַסֵּכָ֑ה | ma.se.Khah | molten metal | H4541 → |
| וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־ | vai.yish.ta.cha.vu- | and they have bowed down | H7812 → |
| לוֹ֙ | lo | to <the> it | |
| וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־ | vai.yiz.be.chu- | and they have sacrificed | H2076 → |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | to <the> it | |
| וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | vai.Yo.me.Ru | and they have said | H559 → |
| אֵ֤לֶּה | 'E.leh | these | H428 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | [are] gods your | H430 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yis.ra.'El | O Israel | H3478 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | who | H834 → |
| הֶֽעֱל֖וּךָ | he.'e.Lu.kha | they brought up you | H5927 → |
| מֵאֶ֥רֶץ | me.'E.retz | from [the] land of | H776 → |
| מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | mitz.Ra.yim | Egypt | H4714 → |
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