YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Get up,קוּםgo downרֵדquicklyמַהֵרfrom here,מִזֶּהforכִּיyour peopleעַמְּךָwhomאֲשֶׁרyou brought outהוֹצֵאתָof Egyptמִמִּצְרָיִםhave acted corruptly;שִׁחֵתthey have turned asideסָרוּquicklyמַהֵרfromמִןthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרI commanded them;צִוִּיתִםthey have madeעָשׂוּfor themselvesלָהֶםa cast image.”מַסֵּכָה
Deuteronomy 9:12
Study it in the app“YHWH said to me, “Get up, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly; they have turned aside quickly from the way that I commanded them; they have made for themselves a cast image.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 9:12, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Get upקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- go downרֵדred
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “red” appears- quicklyמַהֵרmaher
quickly
Quickly, in haste.
Where else “maher” appears- your peopleעַמְּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- you brought outהוֹצֵאתָhotseta
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseta” appears- of Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- have acted corruptlyשִׁחֵתshichet
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “shichet” appears- they have turned asideסָרוּsaru
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “saru” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- I commanded themצִוִּיתִtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- they have madeעָשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- a cast imageמַסֵּכָהmasecha
cast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
11At the end of forty days and forty nights YHWH gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant.
12 · This verse (above)
13YHWH said to me, “I have seen this people, and look, it is a stubborn people.