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AndוַAaronאַהֲרֹןsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Do not letאַלthe angerאַףof my lordאֲדֹנִיburn.יִחַרYouאַתָּהknowיָדַעְתָּthe people,אֶת הָעָםthatכִּיthey areהוּאset on evil.בְרָע
Exodus 32:22
Study it in the app“And Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn. You know the people, that they are set on evil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 32:22, 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- the angerאַףaf
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “af” appears- of my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- burnיִחַרyichar
burn
For YHWH's anger to be kindled like a fire against someone.
Where else “yichar” appears- knowיָדַעְתָּyadata
know a person
To know someone.
Where else “yadata” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- set on evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears
The context
21And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought upon them a great sin?”
22 · This verse (above)
23And they said to me, ‘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.’