3
So allוַ כָּלthe peopleהָעָםtore offיִּתְפָּרְקוּthe goldהַזָּהָבearringsאֶת נִזְמֵיthat wereאֲשֶׁרin their earsבְּאָזְנֵיהֶםand brought themוַיָּבִיאוּto Aaron.אֶל אַהֲרֹן
Exodus 32:3
Study it in the app“So all the people tore off the gold earrings that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 32:3, word by word
- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- tore offיִּתְפָּרְקוּyitparku
tear off
To tear something off.
Where else “yitparku” 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 their earsאָזְנֵיazne
ear
The part of the head we hear with; where earrings were worn or a servant was marked.
Where else “azne” appears- and brought themיָּבִיאוּyaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yaviu” appears- to Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears
The context
2And 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.”
3 · This verse (above)
4And he took it from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a calf of cast metal. And they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”