Nowוְעַתָּהlet me alone,הַנִּיחָה לִּיso thatוְmy angerאַפִּיmay burnיִחַרagainst themבָהֶםand I may consume them;וַאֲכַלֵּםand I will makeוְאֶעֱשֶׂהyouאוֹתְךָinto a greatלְ גָּדוֹלnation.”גוֹי
Exodus 32:10
Study it in the app“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.””
At the golden calf, God burns with anger and Moses pleads for the peopleHoliness
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “api” appears- may burnיִחַרyichar
burn
For YHWH's anger to be kindled like a fire against someone.
Where else “yichar” appears- and I may consume themאֲכַלֵּachale
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “achale” appears- and I will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese
make
To build or create something.
Where else “eese” appears- into a greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- nationגוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears
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?