and — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)הָעָ֔ם
ʻam
the — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockכִּֽי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedבֹשֵׁ֥שׁ
bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayedמֹשֶׁ֖ה
Môsheh
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverלָרֶ֣דֶת
yârad
to/for — to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)מִן
min
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesהָהָ֑ר
har
the — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)וַיִּקָּהֵ֨ל
qâhal
and — to convokeהָעָ֜ם
ʻam
the — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockעַֽל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsאַהֲרֹ֗ן
ʼAhărôwn
Aharon, the brother of Mosesוַיֹּאמְר֤וּ
ʼâmar
and — to say (used with great latitude)אֵלָיו֙
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, toק֣וּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)עֲשֵׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationלָ֣נוּ
le-
to/for us/ourאֱלֹהִ֗ים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeאֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.יֵֽלְכוּ֙
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ
pânîym
to/for — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)כִּי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedזֶ֣ה
zeh
the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thatמֹשֶׁ֣ה
Môsheh
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverהָאִ֗ישׁ
ʼîysh
the — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)אֲשֶׁ֤ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.הֶֽעֱלָ֨נוּ֙
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativeמֵאֶ֣רֶץ
ʼerets
from — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)מִצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egyptלֹ֥א
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particlesיָדַ֖עְנוּ
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)מֶה
mâh
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive sensesהָ֥יָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)לֽוֹ
le-
to/for him/his/it
Exodus 32:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, they gathered together before Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”
Jewish interpretive tradition has long treated the golden calf as Israel's foundational failure, the same kind of story Genesis tells twice before - Eden's fruit (Genesis 3) and Noah's drunkenness (Genesis 9:20-22): a fresh start, immediately followed by exactly the wrong choice. One ancient rabbinic teaching goes so far as to say every later national disaster carries some trace of this one's punishment.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
“Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, they gathered together before Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.””
Jewish interpretive tradition has long treated the golden calf as Israel's foundational failure, the same kind of story Genesis tells twice before - Eden's fruit (Genesis 3) and Noah's drunkenness (Genesis 9:20-22): a fresh start, immediately followed by exactly the wrong choice. One ancient rabbinic teaching goes so far as to say every later national disaster carries some trace of this one's punishment.