What Does Exodus 32:23 Mean?

“For they said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“unto me Make”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“us gods”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“us for as for this Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

“the man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that brought us up”

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

“out of the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“of Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“we wot”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)