Deuteronomy 9:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽאֶת־חַטַּאתְכֶ֞ם אֲשֶׁר־עֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם אֶת־הָעֵ֗גֶל לָקַחְתִּי֮ וָאֶשְׂרֹ֣ף אֹת֣וֹ ׀ בָּאֵשׁ֒ וָאֶכֹּ֨ת אֹת֤וֹ טָחוֹן֙ הֵיטֵ֔ב עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־דַּ֖ק לְעָפָ֑ר וָֽאַשְׁלִךְ֙ אֶת־עֲפָר֔וֹ אֶל־הַנַּ֖חַל הַיֹּרֵ֥ד מִן־הָהָֽר׃

Transliteration

And-ʾet-ḥaṭṭaʾtkem which-ʿăśîtem ʾet-the-ʿēgel lāqaḥtî wāʾeśrōp it with-the-ʾēš wāʾekkōt it ṭāḥôn thoroughly until which-daq to-ʿāpār wāʾašlik ʾet-ʿăpārô to-the-naḥal the-yōrēd from-the-hār

Grammar Details

*ḥaṭṭaʾtkem*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your sin
*ʿăśîtem*: verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you made
*ʿēgel*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the calf
*lāqaḥtî*: verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I took
*wāʾeśrōp*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive 1st person singular - and I burned
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the fire
*wāʾekkōt*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive 1st person singular - and I beat
*ṭāḥôn*: verb, qal infinitive absolute - grinding
*daq*: adjective, masculine singular - fine
*ʿāpār*: noun, masculine singular - dust
*wāʾašlik*: conjunction + verb, hiphil imperfect consecutive 1st person singular - and I cast
*ʿăpārô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its dust
*naḥal*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the stream
*yōrēd*: verb, qal participle masculine singular with definite article - the descending
*hār*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the mountain

Word Meanings

*ḥaṭṭaʾtkem*: your sin/your transgression/your offense
*ʿăśîtem*: you made/you fashioned/you created
*lāqaḥtî*: I took/I seized/I got
*wāʾeśrōp*: I burned/I consumed with fire/I incinerated
*wāʾekkōt*: I beat/I crushed/I pounded
*ṭāḥôn*: grinding/crushing/pulverizing
*daq*: fine/thin/powdered
*ʿāpār*: dust/powder/dirt
*wāʾašlik*: I cast/I threw/I hurled
*naḥal*: stream/brook/wadi
*yōrēd*: descending/flowing down/running down

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Referenced Verses

Exod 32:20 : 20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
Isa 2:18-21 : 18 And the idols shall utterly pass away. 19 And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. 20 In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
Isa 30:22 : 22 And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Isa 31:7 : 7 For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Hos 8:11 : 11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 32:19-21
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19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
20And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?
Deut 9:15-20
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80%
15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount was burning with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against Jehovah your God; ye had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which Jehovah had commanded you.
17And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
18And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
19For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. But Jehovah hearkened unto me that time also.
20And Jehovah was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
Exod 32:24
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24And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so they gave it me; and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
Neh 9:18
76%
18Yea, 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;
Deut 9:22
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Deut 9:12
73%
12And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
Exod 32:35
72%
35And Jehovah smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Exod 32:8
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Exod 32:3-4
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72%
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Lev 8:16-17
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71%
16And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it upon the altar.
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Acts 7:41
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Ps 106:19
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2 Kgs 23:15
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Lev 9:2
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Exod 9:8
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8And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Deut 9:8
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Lev 4:12
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Lev 9:10-11
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Exod 29:14
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14But the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin-offering.
Lev 9:7-8
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70%
7And Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people; and offer the oblation of the people, and make atonement for them; as Jehovah commanded.
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2 Sam 22:43
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Num 19:5
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Lev 4:21
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2 Kgs 23:6
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Num 16:21
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21Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Jer 34:18
69%
18And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof;
Ezek 22:21
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Num 19:9
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Lev 8:20
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Deut 9:25
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Ps 18:42
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Isa 27:9
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9Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
Hos 8:5
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