Deuteronomy 9:12

“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.””

Deuteronomy 9:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Get upקוּםkum

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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go downרֵדred

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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quicklyמַהֵרmaher

quickly

Quickly, in haste.

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your peopleעַמְּam

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

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you brought outהוֹצֵאתָhotseta

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

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of Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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have acted corruptlyשִׁחֵתshichet

corrupt

To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.

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they have turned asideסָרוּsaru

turn aside

To leave the road, go away.

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the wayדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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I commanded themצִוִּיתִtsiviti

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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they have madeעָשׂוּasu

make

To build or create something.

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a cast imageמַסֵּכָהmasecha

cast image

An idol made of melted metal.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 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.

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