Exodus 32:8:3Exod.32.8.W3TAB
מִן־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙
minhaderekh
“from the way”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-DE-rekh
- Extended
- min-hah-DEH-rekh
- IPA
- /min.hadˈdɛ.rɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-ha-DE-rekh
- clause
sa-RU ma-HER min-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER tsi-VI-tim a-SU la-HEM E-gel ma-se-KHA
- sentence
sa-RU ma-HER min-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER tsi-VI-tim a-SU la-HEM E-gel ma-se-KHA va-yish-ta-kha-vu-LO va-yiz-be-khu-LO va-yom-RU E-le e-lo-HE-kha yis-ra-EL a-SHER he-eh-LU-kha me-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional min-ha-derekh {מִן־הַדֶּרֶךְ | min-ha-de-reḵ} ‘from the path’ establishes a covenantal course, with the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-sher} ‘which’ linking to tsivitem {צִוִּיתִ֔ם | ṣiv-vî-tem} ‘I commanded them’, subordinating human action to divine instruction.
In context — Exodus 32:8
They have quickly turned aside from the path which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a calf, a molten image , bowed down to it and sacrificed to it, and said, “These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 32:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 32:8, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ (minhaderekh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.32.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.32.8.W3.S1) and character.