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Deuteronomy 5:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;


Deuteronomy 5:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 5:2315 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶםkəšāməʿăḵemLike hear
אֶתʾet
הַקּוֹלhaqwōlThe voice
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַחֹשֶׁךְhaḥōšeḵəThe darkness
וְהָהָרwəhāhārAnd the mountain
בֹּעֵרbōʿērKindle
בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire
וַתִּקְרְבוּןwatiqərəvûnAnd approach
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
כָּלkālWhole
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
שִׁבְטֵיכֶםšivəṭêḵemScion
וְזִקְנֵיכֶםwəziqənêḵemAnd old
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶםkəšāməʿăḵemLike hear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַקּוֹלhaqwōlThe voice
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַחֹשֶׁךְhaḥōšeḵəThe darkness
וְהָהָרwəhāhārAnd the mountain
בֹּעֵרbōʿērKindle
בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire
וַתִּקְרְבוּןwatiqərəvûnAnd approach
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
כָּלkālWhole
רָאשֵׁיrāʾšêHead
שִׁבְטֵיכֶםšivəṭêḵemScion
וְזִקְנֵיכֶםwəziqənêḵemAnd old

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