Study it in the app“And 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.’”
And they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto me,לִי‘Makeעֲשֵׂהfor usלָנוּgodsאֱלֹהִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרwill goיֵלְכוּbefore us;לְפָנֵינוּforכִּיthisזֶהMoses,מֹשֶׁהthe manהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרbrought us upהֶעֱלָנוּout of the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםwe do notלֹאknowיָדַעְנוּwhatמֶהhas happenedהָיָהto him.’לוֹ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “ase” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsbring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heela” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadanu” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
22And Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
23 · This verse (above)
24So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, tear it off!’ And they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf.”
