Exodus 32:24

“So 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.””

Exodus 32:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 32:24, word by word

So I saidאֹמַרomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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has goldזָהָבzahav

gold

Gold.

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tear it off!’הִתְפָּרָקוּhitparaku

tear off

To tear something off.

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And they gave itיִּתְּנוּyitnu

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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and I threw itאַשְׁלִכֵashliche

throw

To throw something with force, far off or down.

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into the fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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and out cameיֵּצֵאyetse

spring up

To spring up, be born, come from something.

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calfעֵגֶלegel

calf

Calf: a young bull.

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The context

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.’

24 · This verse (above)

25And Moses saw the people, that they were running wild, for Aaron had let them run wild, to the derision of those who rise up against them.

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