Exodus

Exodus 19:21

²¹and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
Go down	רֵ֖ד	rêḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H3381 come or go down, descend
and warn	הָעֵ֣ד	hā·‘êḏ	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H5749 return, go about, repeat, do again
the people	בָּעָ֑ם	bā·‘ām	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
not	פֶּן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
to break through	יֶהֶרְס֤וּ	ye·her·sū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2040 throw down, break or tear down
to see	לִרְא֔וֹת	lir·’ō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7200 see
the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
many	רָֽב׃	rāḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H7227 much, many, great
of them	מִמֶּ֖נּוּ	mim·men·nū	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
perish	וְנָפַ֥ל	wə·nā·p̄al	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H5307 fall, lie

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.