Exodus 32:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto Jehovah; peradventure I shall make atonement for your sin.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִי֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם אַתֶּ֥ם חֲטָאתֶ֖ם חֲטָאָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה וְעַתָּה֙ אֽ͏ֶעֱלֶ֣ה אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה אוּלַ֥י אֲכַפְּרָ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד חַטַּאתְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-wayehi from-mochorat and-wayyomer Mosheh to-the-'am you chatatem chata'ah gedolah and-now 'e'eleh to-YHWH perhaps 'achapperah for chattatchem.

Grammar Details

*wayehi*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it was/came to pass
*mochorat*: noun, feminine singular - the next day
*wayyomer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - said
*Mosheh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*'am*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
*chatatem*: Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you have sinned
*chata'ah*: noun, feminine singular - sin
*gedolah*: adjective, feminine singular - great/large
*'e'eleh*: Qal imperfect 1st common singular - I will go up
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*'achapperah*: Piel imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - I may make atonement
*chattatchem*: noun, feminine singular with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your sin

Word Meanings

*mochorat*: next day/following day/tomorrow
*chatatem*: sinned/offended/missed the mark
*'e'eleh*: will go up/will ascend/will climb
*'achapperah*: may make atonement/may cover/may expiate

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 12:20 : 20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not; ye have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart:
Num 25:13 : 13 and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Luke 7:47 : 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little.
Luke 15:18 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:
Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
2 Tim 2:25 : 25 in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,
Jas 5:16 : 16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The {G1754} supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.
2 Kgs 17:21 : 21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.
Job 42:7-8 : 7 And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. 8 Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
2 Sam 12:9 : 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
1 Sam 2:17 : 17 And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah; for the men despised the offering of Jehovah.
Exod 32:31-32 : 31 And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
Num 16:47 : 47 And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.

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