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They madeיַעֲשׂוּa calfעֵגֶלat Horebבְּחֹרֵבand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּto a cast image.לְמַסֵּכָה
Psalms 106:19
Study it in the app“They made a calf at Horeb and bowed down to a cast image.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 106:19, word by word
- They madeיַעֲשׂוּyaasu
make
To build or create something.
Where else “yaasu” appears- a calfעֵגֶלegel
calf
Calf: a young bull.
Where else “egel” appears- at Horebחֹרֵבchorev
Horeb
See it on the mapWhere else “chorev” appears- and bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּyishtachavu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachavu” appears- to a cast imageמַסֵּכָהmasecha
cast image
An idol made of melted metal.
Where else “masecha” appears
Places in this verse
Horeb ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
The mountain of God in the wilderness; another name for Sinai or a nearby mountain, and its location is not certain.
There God spoke to Moses from the bush that burned without burning up (Exod 3:1-2). Elijah came there fleeing from Jezebel (1 Kgs 19:8).
The context
18And a fire blazed in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.
19 · This verse (above)
20And they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eats grass.