King James Version

Psalms 106:19

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.

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יַעֲשׂוּyaasvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “do”, an unfinished actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…עֵ֥גֶלegelcalfעֵגֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “calf”, the ordinary formH5695a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)bullock, calf.בְּחֹרֵ֑בbechorevin Horebחֹרֵבpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Horeb”H2722Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountainsHoreb.וַ֝יִּשְׁתַּחֲו֗וּvayishtachavvand crouchשָׁחָהconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and crouch”, the next action in the storyH7812to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.לְמַסֵּכָֽהlemasekhahto coveringמַסֵּכָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to covering”, the ordinary formH4541properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out)covering, molten (image), vail.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.

Young’s Literal Translation

They make a calf in Horeb, And bow themselves to a molten image,

World English Bible

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image.

Darby Translation

They made a calf in Horeb, and did homage to a molten image;

Douay-Rheims

And they cried to the Lord in their affliction: and he delivered them out of their distresses.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐποίησαν μόσχον ἐν Χωρὴβ, καὶ προσεκύνησαν τῷ γλυπτῷ·