Exodus 34:17 Go deeper

Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. (KJV)

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אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Heigods of

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430J

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: God

Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 31:30, Genesis 31:32, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 35:4, Exodus 12:12, Exodus 18:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430J; TAHOT Exodus 34:17 word 1

מַסֵּכָ֖הma.se.Khahmolten metal

Lemma: מַסֵּכָה (mas.se.khah) · Strong's: H4541A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: liquid

Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 32:4, Exodus 32:8, Leviticus 19:4, Numbers 33:52, Deuteronomy 9:12, Deuteronomy 9:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4541A; TAHOT Exodus 34:17 word 2

לֹ֥אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Exodus 34:17 word 3

תַעֲשֶׂה\־ta.'a.seh-you must make

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to make

Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Exodus 34:17 word 4

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

You shall make	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make
no	→	לֹא H3808 not
molten	→	מַסֵּכָה H4541A liquid
gods	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430J God
for yourselves	→

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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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