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AndוַAaronאַהֲרֹןsaidיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Tear offפָּרְקוּthe goldהַזָּהָבearringsנִזְמֵיthat areאֲשֶׁרin the earsבְּאָזְנֵיof your wives,נְשֵׁיכֶםyour sons,בְּנֵיכֶםand your daughters,וּבְנֹתֵיכֶםand bring themוְהָבִיאוּto me.”אֵלָי
Exodus 32:2
Study it in the app“And Aaron said to them, “Tear off the gold earrings that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 32:2, word by word
- Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Tear offפָּרְקוּparku
tear off
To tear something off.
Where else “parku” appears- the goldזָּהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- earringsנִזְמֵיnizme
ring, earring
Ring worn in the nose or the ear as an ornament.
Where else “nizme” appears- in the earsאָזְנֵיazne
ear
The part of the head we hear with; where earrings were worn or a servant was marked.
Where else “azne” appears- of your wivesנְשֵׁיneshe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “neshe” appears- your sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- and your daughtersבְנֹתֵיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- and bring themהָבִיאוּhaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “haviu” appears
The context
1When the people saw that Moses was delaying to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Get up, make for us gods who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.”
2 · This verse (above)
3So all the people tore off the gold earrings that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.