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Exodus 19:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:


Exodus 19:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 19:1216 words
וְהִגְבַּלְתָּwəhigəbalətāAnd twist
אֶתʾet
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הִשָּׁמְרוּhišāmərûHedge
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
עֲלוֹתʿălwōtAscend
בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain
וּנְגֹעַûnəgōʿaAnd touch
בְּקָצֵהוּbəqāṣēhûIn extremity
כָּלkālWhole
הַנֹּגֵעַhanōgēʿaThe touch
בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִגְבַּלְתָּwəhigəbalətāAnd twist
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הִשָּׁמְרוּhišāmərûHedge
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
עֲלוֹתʿălwōtAscend
בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain
וּנְגֹעַûnəgōʿaAnd touch
בְּקָצֵהוּbəqāṣēhûIn extremity
כָּלkālWhole
הַנֹּגֵעַhanōgēʿaThe touch
בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie

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