Study it in the app“And now they keep sinning, and they have made for themselves a cast image from their silver, idols according to their understanding, the work of craftsmen, all of it; to them they say, “Those who sacrifice human beings, let them kiss calves.””
And nowוְעַתָּהthey keepיוֹסִפוּsinning,לַחֲטֹאand they have madeוַיַּעְשׂוּfor themselvesלָהֶםa cast imageמַסֵּכָהfrom their silver,מִכַּסְפָּםidolsעֲצַבִּיםaccording to their understanding,כִּתְבוּנָםthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof craftsmen,חָרָשִׁיםall of it;כֻּלֹּהto themלָהֶםtheyהֵםsay,אֹמְרִים“Those who sacrificeזֹבְחֵיhuman beings,אָדָםlet them kissיִשָּׁקוּןcalves.”עֲגָלִים
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosifu” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chato” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “yasu” appearscast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appearssilver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “kaspa” appearsidol
Idol: an image made by human hands that is worshiped. The word comes from "shape", and it sounds like the word for "pain".
Where else “atsabim” appearsunderstanding
Understanding: the ability to understand and to find the right way.
Where else “tevuna” appearsworkmanship
Something made by hand: a piece of craftsmanship, or an idol.
Where else “maase” appearscraftsman
Craftsman: one who works stone, wood or metal.
Where else “charashim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omrim” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zovche” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearskiss
To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.
Where else “yishaku” appearscalf
Calf: a young bull.
Where else “agalim” appears“Those who sacrifice human beings”: it can also be understood “the human beings who sacrifice.”
1When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel; but he became guilty through Baal and died.
2 · This verse (above)
3Therefore they will be like a morning cloud, and like the dew that goes away early, like chaff that is swept by the storm from the threshing floor, and like smoke from a window.
