Exodus 32:10

“Now let me alone, so that my anger may burn against them and I may consume them; and I will make you into a great nation.””

Exodus 32:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 32:10, word by word

let me aloneהַנִּיחָhaniach

leave

To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.

Where else “haniach” appears
my angerאַפִּapi

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

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may burnיִחַרyichar

burn

For YHWH's anger to be kindled like a fire against someone.

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and I may consume themאֲכַלֵּachale

destroy

To put an end to something, destroy it.

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and I will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese

make

To build or create something.

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into a greatגָּדוֹלgadol

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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nationגוֹיgoy

nation

A people with their land; also Israel.

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The context

9And YHWH said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and look, it is a stubborn people.

10 · This verse (above)

11But Moses pleaded before YHWH his Elohim and said, “Why, YHWH, does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

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