Deuteronomy 9:21
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.”
עָפָר
Dust, dry earth. Aphar. The material from which God formed Adam. You are dust and to dust you shall return. But between the dust God breathed His own life into you.
עָשָׂה
you had made
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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חַטָּאָה
sin/ your
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חַטָּאָה
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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יָטַב
well
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יָטַב
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
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טָחַן
grinding it
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טָחַן
to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)
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לָקַח
I took
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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דָּקַק
it was fine
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דָּקַק
to crush (or intransitively) crumble
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