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Exodus 19:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.


Exodus 19:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 19:2016 words
וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עַלʿalAbove
הַרharMountain
סִינַיsînaySinai
אֶלʾelNear
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְמֹשֶׁהləmōšehTo Moses
אֶלʾelNear
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain
וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עַלʿalAbove
הַרharMountain
סִינַיsînaySinai
אֶלʾelNear
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לְמֹשֶׁהləmōšehTo Moses
אֶלʾelNear
רֹאשׁrōʾšHead
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain
וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses

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