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Exodus 24:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And Moses alone shall come near the Lord: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.


Exodus 24:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 24:212 words
וְנִגַּשׁwənigašAnd be
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְהֵםwəhēmAnd they
לֹאlōʾNot
יִגָּשׁוּyigāšûBe
וְהָעָםwəhāʿāmAnd the people
לֹאlōʾNot
יַעֲלוּyaʿălûAscend
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְנִגַּשׁwənigašAnd be
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וְהֵםwəhēmAnd they
לֹאlōʾNot
יִגָּשׁוּyigāšûBe
וְהָעָםwəhāʿāmAnd the people
לֹאlōʾNot
יַעֲלוּyaʿălûAscend
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith

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