Exodus

Exodus 19:12

12And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
And you are to set up a boundaryוְהִגְבַּלְתָּ֤wə·hiḡ·bal·tāConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularH1379 bound, border
for the peopleהָעָם֙hā·‘āmArticle; Noun - masculine singularH5971 people
aroundסָבִ֣יבsā·ḇîḇAdverbH5439 circuit, round about
and tell themלֵאמֹ֔רlê·mōrPreposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH559 utter, say
Be carefulהִשָּׁמְר֥וּhiš·šā·mə·rūVerb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine pluralH8104 keep, watch, preserve
not to go upעֲל֥וֹת‘ă·lō·wṯVerb - Qal - Infinitive constructH5927 go up, ascend, climb
on the mountainבָּהָ֖רbā·hārPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
or touchוּנְגֹ֣עַū·nə·ḡō·a‘Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH5060 touch, reach, strike
its baseבְּקָצֵ֑הוּbə·qā·ṣê·hūPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH7097 end, extremity
Whoeverכָּל־kāl-Noun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
touchesהַנֹּגֵ֥עַhan·nō·ḡê·a‘Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH5060 touch, reach, strike
the mountainבָּהָ֖רbā·hārPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
shall surely be put to deathמ֥וֹתmō·wṯVerb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteH4191 die

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