Study it in the app“He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before YHWH.” And there, YHWH was passing by, and a great and strong wind was tearing mountains and breaking rocks before YHWH; YHWH was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake; YHWH was not in the earthquake.”
He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Go outצֵאand standוְעָמַדְתָּon the mountainבָהָרbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH.”יְהוָהAnd there,וְהִנֵּהYHWHיְהוָהwas passing by,עֹבֵרand a greatוְ גְּדוֹלָהand strongוְחָזָקwindרוּחַwas tearingמְפָרֵקmountainsהָרִיםand breakingוּמְשַׁבֵּרrocksסְלָעִיםbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH;יְהוָהYHWHיְהוָהwas notלֹאin the wind.בָרוּחַAnd afterוְאַחַרthe wind,הָרוּחַan earthquake;רַעַשׁYHWHיְהוָהwas notלֹאin the earthquake.בָרַעַשׁ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tse” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amadta” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsstrong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazak” appearswind
Moving air; also the four quarters of the horizon.
Where else “ruach” appearstear off
To tear something off.
Where else “mefarek” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “meshaber” appearscrag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “selaim” appearsearthquake
When the ground trembles.
Where else “raash” appears10He said, “I have been very jealous for YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot, for the sons of Israel have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.”
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12And after the earthquake, a fire; YHWH was not in the fire. And after the fire, a sound of thin silence.
