| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Exodus 32:4:1 ⧉וַיִּקַּ֣חvayikkakh{And} he took Exodus 32:4:2 ⧉מִיָּדָ֗םmiyyadamfrom their hand Exodus 32:4:3 ⧉וַיָּ֤צַרvayatsar{And} he fashioned Exodus 32:4:4 ⧉אֹתוֹ֙otoit Exodus 32:4:5 ⧉בַּחֶ֔רֶטbakheretwith the engraving tool Exodus 32:4:6 ⧉וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֖הוּvayaasehu{And} he made it Exodus 32:4:7 ⧉עֵ֣גֶלegela calf Exodus 32:4:8 ⧉מַסֵּכָ֑הmasekaa cast image Exodus 32:4:9 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvayomru{And} they said Exodus 32:4:10 ⧉אֵ֤לֶּהelethese are Exodus 32:4:11 ⧉אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙elohekhayour gods Exodus 32:4:12 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelO Israel Exodus 32:4:13 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֥רasherwho Exodus 32:4:14 ⧉הֶעֱל֖וּךָheelukhabrought you up Exodus 32:4:15 ⧉מֵאֶ֥רֶץmeeretsfrom the land of Exodus 32:4:16 ⧉מִצְרָֽיִם׃mitsrayimEgypt |
| 4. Formal Translation And he took from their hands and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and then he made it into a molten calf. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.” |
| 4. Dynamic Translation He took what they gave him and shaped it with a carving tool; he made it into a golden calf idol. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you out of Egypt.” |