They have turned asideסָרוּquicklyמַהֵרfrom the wayמִן הַדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרI commandedצִוִּיתִthem;םthey have madeעָשׂוּfor themselvesלָהֶםa calfעֵגֶלof cast metalמַסֵּכָהand have bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּto itלוֹand sacrificedוַיִּזְבְּחוּto itלוֹand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ‘Theseאֵלֶּהare your gods,אֱלֹהֶיךָIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרbrought you upהֶעֱלוּךָout of the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt!’”מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 32:8
Study it in the app“They have turned aside quickly from the way that I commanded them; they have made for themselves a calf of cast metal and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 32:8, word by word
- They have turned asideסָרוּsaru
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “saru” appears- quicklyמַהֵרmaher
quickly
Quickly, in haste.
Where else “maher” appears- from the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- I commandedצִוִּיתִtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- they have madeעָשׂוּasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appears- a calfעֵגֶלegel
calf
Calf: a young bull.
Where else “egel” appears- of cast metalמַסֵּכָהmasecha
cast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appears- and have bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּyishtachavu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachavu” appears- and sacrificedיִּזְבְּחוּyizbchu
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “yizbchu” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- are your godsאֱלֹהֶיelohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- brought you upהֶעֱלוּheelu
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heelu” appears- out of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egypt!’מִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
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).
The context
7And YHWH spoke to Moses, “Go, go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.
8 · This verse (above)
9And YHWH said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and look, it is a stubborn people.