What Does Exodus 32:4 Mean?

“And he received”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

“them at their hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e., form a resolution)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“it with a graving tool”

a chisel or graver; also a style for writing

“after he had made”

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

“calf”

a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e., a steer)

“it a molten”

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 pour

“and they said”

to say (used with great latitude)

these or those

“These be thy 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

“O Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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

“which brought”

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

“thee up out of the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“of Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt