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Exodus 19:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.


Exodus 19:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 19:2320 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לֹאlōʾNot
יוּכַלyûḵalBe able
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
לַעֲלֹתlaʿălōtTo ascend
אֶלʾelNear
הַרharMountain
סִינָיsînāySinai
כִּיRelative conjunction
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
הַעֵדֹתָהhaʿēdōtāhDuplicate
בָּנוּbānûIn
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הַגְבֵּלhagəbēlTwist
אֶתʾet
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain
וְקִדַּשְׁתּוֹwəqidašətwōAnd be
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לֹאlōʾNot
יוּכַלyûḵalBe able
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
לַעֲלֹתlaʿălōtTo ascend
אֶלʾelNear
הַרharMountain
סִינָיsînāySinai
כִּיRelative conjunction
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
הַעֵדֹתָהhaʿēdōtāhDuplicate
בָּנוּbānûIn
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הַגְבֵּלhagəbēlTwist
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָהָרhāhārThe mountain
וְקִדַּשְׁתּוֹwəqidašətwōAnd be

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