Exodus 32:5 Go deeper
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And when Aaron saw it , he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD . (KJV)
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וַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'and he saw
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Exodus 32:5 word 1
אַהֲרֹ֔ן'a.ha.RonAaron
Lemma: אַהֲרֹן (a.ha.ron) · Strong's: H0175
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Aaron
Used 347 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Exodus 4:27, Exodus 4:28, Exodus 4:29, Exodus 4:30, Exodus 5:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0175; TAHOT Exodus 32:5 word 2
וַיִּ֥בֶןvai.Yi.venand he built
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Exodus 32:5 word 3
מִזְבֵּ֖חַmiz.Be.achan altar
Lemma: מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach) · Strong's: H4196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: altar
Used 399 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4196; TAHOT Exodus 32:5 word 4
לְפָנָ֑יוle.fa.Nav<to> before it
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Exodus 32:5 word 5
וַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'and he called
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to call: call out
Used 106 times. Also: Genesis 19:5, Genesis 39:14, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:43, Genesis 45:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121I; TAHOT Exodus 32:5 word 6
אַֽהֲרֹן֙'a.ha.RonAaron
Lemma: אַהֲרֹן (a.ha.ron) · Strong's: H0175
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Aaron
Used 347 times. Also: Exodus 4:14, Exodus 4:27, Exodus 4:28, Exodus 4:29, Exodus 4:30, Exodus 5:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0175; TAHOT Exodus 32:5 word 7
וַיֹּאמַ֔רvai.yo.Marand 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 32:5 word 8
חַ֥גchaga festival
Lemma: חַג (chag) · Strong's: H2282
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: feast
Used 62 times. Also: Exodus 10:9, Exodus 12:14, Exodus 13:6, Exodus 23:15, Exodus 23:16, Exodus 23:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2282; TAHOT Exodus 32:5 word 9
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehof Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Exodus 32:5 word 10
מָחָֽר\׃ma.Char[will be] tomorrow
Lemma: מָחָר (ma.char) · Strong's: H4279
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tomorrow
Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 30:33, Exodus 8:10, Exodus 8:23, Exodus 8:29, Exodus 9:5, Exodus 9:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4279; TAHOT Exodus 32:5 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When Aaron | → | אַהֲרֹן H0175 Aaron |
| saw this | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| he built | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| an altar | → | מִזְבֵּחַ H4196 altar |
| before [the calf] | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| and proclaimed | → | קָרָא H7121I to call: call out |
| . . . | → | אַהֲרֹן H0175 Aaron |
| . . . | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Tomorrow | → | מָחָר H4279 tomorrow |
| [shall be] a feast | → | חַג H2282 feast |
| to the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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