32:30 The next day Moses said to the people,65 “You have committed a very serious sin,66 but now I will go up to the Lord—perhaps I can make atonement67 on behalf of your sin.”
tnHeb “and it was on the morrow and Moses said to the people.”
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tn The text uses a cognate accusative: “you have sinned a great sin.”
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tn The form אֲכַפְּרָה (’akhappérah) is a Piel cohortative/imperfect. Here with only a possibility of being successful, a potential imperfect nuance works best.