Nehemiah 9:18
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;”
מַסֵּכָה
properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out)
עָשָׂה
they 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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עָלָה
he brought up/ you
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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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גָּדוֹל
great
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גָּדוֹל
Great, large, elder. Gadol. God is gadol and greatly to be praised. His greatness is beyond all measure and beyond all comparison.
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עֵגֶל
a calf of
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עֵגֶל
a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
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נְאָצָה
blasphemies
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נְאָצָה
scorn
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