Exodus 20:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.”

Exodus 20:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:1818 words

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

רֹאִיםrōʾîmSee

אֶתʾet—

הַקּוֹלֹתhaqwōlōtThe voice

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַלַּפִּידִםhalapîdimThe flambeau

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

קוֹלqwōlVoice

הַשֹּׁפָרhašōp̄ārThe cornet

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הָהָרhāhārThe mountain

עָשֵׁןʿāšēnSmoky

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וַיָּנֻעוּwayānuʿûAnd waver

וַיַּעַמְדוּwayaʿamədûAnd stand

מֵרָחֹקmērāḥōqFrom remote

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

רֹאִיםrōʾîmSee

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַקּוֹלֹתhaqwōlōtThe voice

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַלַּפִּידִםhalapîdimThe flambeau

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

קוֹלqwōlVoice

הַשֹּׁפָרhašōp̄ārThe cornet

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָהָרhāhārThe mountain

עָשֵׁןʿāšēnSmoky

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

וַיָּנֻעוּwayānuʿûAnd waver

וַיַּעַמְדוּwayaʿamədûAnd stand

מֵרָחֹקmērāḥōqFrom remote

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