וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ

   va-ya-A-SU

   and they made
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם

   va-ya-A-SU la-HEM

   and they made for themselves
3. clause🔊 וְעַתָּ֣ה פֹּֽסִ֔פוּ לַחֲטֹ֖א וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם מַסֵּכָ֤ה מִכַּסְפָּם֙ כִּתְבוּנָ֣ם עֲצַבִּ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חָרָשִׁ֖ים כֻּלֹּ֣ה לָהֶ֑ם

   ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM

   and now they have added or continued to sin and they made for themselves a cast image from their silver according to their understanding or design idols a work of craftsmen all of it for them
4. sentence🔊 וְעַתָּ֣ה פֹּֽסִ֔פוּ לַחֲטֹ֖א וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם מַסֵּכָ֤ה מִכַּסְפָּם֙ כִּתְבוּנָ֣ם עֲצַבִּ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חָרָשִׁ֖ים כֻּלֹּ֣ה לָהֶ֑ם הֵ֚ם אֹמְרִ֣ים זֹבְחֵ֤י אָדָם֙ עֲגָלִ֣ים יִשָּׁק֔וּן׃

   ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM HEM o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN

   and now they have added or continued to sin and they made for themselves a cast image from their silver according to their understanding or design idols a work of craftsmen all of it for them they are saying those sacrificing a human or mankind calves they kiss

Exegesis

The wayyiqtol wayya`asu {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ | way-ya-ʿă-śū} then narrates the outcome: deliberate fabrication of a massekah {מַסֵּכָה | mas-sē-ḵāh}, specified by two prepositional phrases—mikkaspam {מִכַּסְפָּם | mik-kas-pām} ‘from their silver’ and kitvunam {כִּתְבוּנָם | kit-vū-nām} ‘according to their design’—highlighting self-reliance rather than divine command.