And your sinוְאֶת חַטַּאתְכֶםthatאֲשֶׁרyou had made,עֲשִׂיתֶםthe calf,אֶת הָעֵגֶלI tookלָקַחְתִּיand burnedוָאֶשְׂרֹףitאֹתוֹwith fireבָּאֵשׁand crushedוָאֶכֹּתit,אֹתוֹgrinding itטָחוֹןthoroughly,הֵיטֵבuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרit was fineדַּקas dust;לְעָפָרand I threwוָאַשְׁלִךְits dustאֶת עֲפָרוֹintoאֶלthe streamהַנַּחַלthat came downהַיֹּרֵדfromמִןthe mountain.הָהָר
Deuteronomy 9:21
Study it in the app“And your sin that you had made, the calf, I took and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it thoroughly, until it was fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the stream that came down from the mountain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 9:21, word by word
- And your sinחַטַּאתְchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears- you had madeעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asitem” appears- the calfעֵגֶלegel
calf
Calf: a young bull.
Where else “egel” appears- I tookלָקַחְתִּיlakachti
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachti” appears- and burnedאֶשְׂרֹףesrof
burn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “esrof” appears- with fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- and crushedאֶכֹּתekot
crush
To beat something to pieces.
Where else “ekot” appears- grinding itטָחוֹןtachon
grind
Grind.
Where else “tachon” appears- thoroughlyהֵיטֵבhetev
be glad
For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.
Where else “hetev” appears- it was fineדַּקdak
crush fine
Crush until very fine.
Where else “dak” appears- as dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears- and I threwאַשְׁלִךְashlich
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “ashlich” appears- the streamנַּחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- that came downיֹּרֵדyored
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yored” appears- the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears
The context
20And with Aaron YHWH was greatly incensed, to the point of destroying him; and I prayed also for Aaron at that time.
21 · This verse (above)
22Also at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah you were making YHWH angry.