Study it in the app“I looked, and look, you had sinned against YHWH your Elohim; you had made for yourselves a cast calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way that YHWH had commanded you.”
I looked,וָאֵרֶאand look,וְהִנֵּהyou had sinnedחֲטָאתֶםagainst YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim;אֱלֹהֵיכֶםyou had madeעֲשִׂיתֶםfor yourselvesלָכֶםa castמַסֵּכָהcalf;עֵגֶלyou had turned asideסַרְתֶּםquicklyמַהֵרfromמִןthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהyou.אֶתְכֶם
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatatem” appearsYHWH
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 “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asitem” appearscast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appearscalf
Calf: a young bull.
Where else “egel” appearsturn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sartem” appearsquickly
Quickly, in haste.
Where else “maher” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears15So I turned and came down from the mountain, while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.
16 · This verse (above)
17So I seized the two tablets and threw them from my two hands and broke them before your eyes.
