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Exodus 24:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.


Exodus 24:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 24:1012 words
וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see
אֵתʾēt
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְתַחַתwətaḥatAnd bottom
רַגְלָיוragəlāywFoot
כְּמַעֲשֵׂהkəmaʿăśēhLike action
לִבְנַתlivənatWhiteness
הַסַּפִּירhasapîrThe gem
וּכְעֶצֶםûḵəʿeṣemAnd like bone
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
לָטֹהַרlāṭōharTo brightness
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
אֱלֹהֵיʾĕlōhêGod
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְתַחַתwətaḥatAnd bottom
רַגְלָיוragəlāywFoot
כְּמַעֲשֵׂהkəmaʿăśēhLike action
לִבְנַתlivənatWhiteness
הַסַּפִּירhasapîrThe gem
וּכְעֶצֶםûḵəʿeṣemAnd like bone
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
לָטֹהַרlāṭōharTo brightness

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