Exodus 32:1
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.”
מָה
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 senses
הָיָה
has it happened
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הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
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קוּם
arise
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קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
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עָשָׂה
make
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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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עָלָה
he brought up/ us
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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יָדַע
we know
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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הָלַךְ
they will go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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מִצְרַיִם
Egypt
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מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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מֹשֶׁה
Moses
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מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
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