Exodus
Exodus 19:24
24And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| replied | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Go | לֶךְ־ | leḵ- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| down | רֵ֔ד | rêḏ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3381 come or go down, descend |
| and bring | וְעָלִ֥יתָ | wə·‘ā·lî·ṯā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| Aaron | וְאַהֲרֹ֣ן | wə·’a·hă·rōn | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H175 Aaron |
| with | עִמָּ֑ךְ | ‘im·māḵ | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H5973 with |
| you | אַתָּ֖ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| But the priests | וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים | wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H3548 priest |
| and the people | וְהָעָ֗ם | wə·hā·‘ām | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| must not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| break through | יֶֽהֶרְס֛וּ | ye·her·sū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H2040 throw down, break or tear down |
| to come up | לַעֲלֹ֥ת | la·‘ă·lōṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| or | פֶּן־ | pen- | Conjunction | H6435 lest |
| He will break out | יִפְרָץ־ | yip̄·rāṣ- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6555 break through |
| against them | בָּֽם׃ | bām | Preposition; third person masculine plural |
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