Exodus 32:18 Go deeper
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And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 1
אֵ֥ין'einthere not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 2
קוֹל֙kOl[is] a sound of
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice: sound
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:19, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 28:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963H; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 3
עֲנ֣וֹתa.Notsinging of
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030C
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to sing
Used 15 times. Also: Exodus 15:21, Numbers 21:17, 1 Samuel 18:7, 1 Samuel 21:11, 1 Samuel 29:5, Ezra 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030C; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 4
גְּבוּרָ֔הge.vu.Rahstrength
Lemma: גְּבוּרָה (ge.vu.rah) · Strong's: H1369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: might
Used 60 times. Also: Deuteronomy 3:24, Judges 5:31, Judges 8:21, 1 Kings 15:23, 1 Kings 16:5, 1 Kings 16:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1369; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 5
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there not
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 6
ק֖וֹלKol[is] a sound of
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice: sound
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:19, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 28:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963H; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 7
עֲנ֣וֹתa.Notsinging of
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030C
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to sing
Used 15 times. Also: Exodus 15:21, Numbers 21:17, 1 Samuel 18:7, 1 Samuel 21:11, 1 Samuel 29:5, Ezra 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030C; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 8
חֲלוּשָׁ֑הcha.lu.Shahweakness
Lemma: חֲלוּשָׁה (cha.lu.shah) · Strong's: H2476
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: weakness
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2476; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 9
ק֣וֹלKola sound of
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice: sound
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:19, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 28:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963H; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 10
עַנּ֔וֹתa.Notsinging
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030C
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to sing
Used 15 times. Also: Exodus 15:21, Numbers 21:17, 1 Samuel 18:7, 1 Samuel 21:11, 1 Samuel 29:5, Ezra 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030C; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 11
אָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiI
Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 12
שֹׁמֵֽעַ\׃sho.Me.a'[am] hearing
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Exodus 32:18 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But Moses replied | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| It is neither | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| the cry | → | קוֹל H6963H voice: sound |
| . . . | → | עָנָה H6030C to sing |
| of victory | → | גְּבוּרָה H1369 might |
| nor | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| the cry | → | קוֹל H6963H voice: sound |
| . . . | → | עָנָה H6030C to sing |
| of defeat | → | חֲלוּשָׁה H2476 weakness |
| I | → | אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I |
| hear | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| the sound | → | קוֹל H6963H voice: sound |
| of singing | → | עָנָה H6030C to sing |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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