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Exodus 20:19 — King James Version← Study notes

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.


Exodus 20:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:1913 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
עִמָּנוּʿimānûWith
וְנִשְׁמָעָהwənišəmāʿāhAnd hear
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
יְדַבֵּרyədabērArrange
עִמָּנוּʿimānûWith
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
פֶּןpenRemoval
נָמוּתnāmûtDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אֶלʾelNear
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
עִמָּנוּʿimānûWith
וְנִשְׁמָעָהwənišəmāʿāhAnd hear
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
יְדַבֵּרyədabērArrange
עִמָּנוּʿimānûWith
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
פֶּןpenRemoval
נָמוּתnāmûtDie

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