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 5:23 — Hebrew 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
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