Exodus 19:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.”
Exodus 19:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 19:1818 words
וְהַרwəharAnd mountain
סִינַיsînaySinai
עָשַׁןʿāšanSmoke
כֻּלּוֹkulwōWhole
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָרַדyāradDescend
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire
וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend
עֲשָׁנוֹʿăšānwōSmoke
כְּעֶשֶׁןkəʿešenLike smoke
הַכִּבְשָׁןhakivəšānThe furnace
וַיֶּחֱרַדwayeḥĕradAnd shudder
כָּלkālWhole
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
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