Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ron Geib" <rongeib AT ptdprolog.net>]

Dear List Members:
I am a student of Biblical Hebrew and this is my first submission to this 
list.  I am reading Exodus 32:4 in the MT.  The English versions I consulted 
read similar to this, "He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a 
graving tool and made it into a molten calf; . . ." (NASB). This seems to 
indicate that Aaron made the calf, but the word which is translated "made" 
(I'm not sure how to transliterate it for your list) appears to me to be Qal, 
Imperfect, 3CP, with the Waw Conversive.  Why then is it not translated, "He 
took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and [THEY] 
made it into a molten calf."?  Am I missing something elementary here?

Thank You for your help!

Ron Geib
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May God Bless You today!
Ron