Exodus
Exodus 19:23
23But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But Moses | מֹשֶׁה֙ | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| said | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| The people | הָעָ֔ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| cannot | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| come up | לַעֲלֹ֖ת | la·‘ă·lōṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| Mount | הַ֣ר | har | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| Sinai | סִינָ֑י | sî·nāy | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H5514 Sinai |
| for | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| You | אַתָּ֞ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| solemnly warned | הַעֵדֹ֤תָה | ha·‘ê·ḏō·ṯāh | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H5749 return, go about, repeat, do again |
| us | בָּ֙נוּ֙ | bā·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | |
| Put a boundary around | הַגְבֵּ֥ל | haḡ·bêl | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H1379 bound, border |
| the mountain | הָהָ֖ר | hā·hār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| and set it apart as holy | וְקִדַּשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ | wə·qid·daš·tōw | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular | H6942 be set apart, consecrated |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.