YHWHיְהוָהspokeוַיְדַבֵּרto youאֲלֵיכֶםfrom the midstמִתּוֹךְof the fire.הָאֵשׁYouאַתֶּםwere hearingשֹׁמְעִיםthe soundקוֹלof words,דְּבָרִיםbutוּyou sawרֹאִיםnoאֵינְכֶםform;תְמוּנָהonlyזוּלָתִיa voice.קוֹל
Deuteronomy 4:12
Study it in the app“YHWH spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You were hearing the sound of words, but you saw no form; only a voice.”
A voice from the fire; God declared his covenant to them: the ten wordsThe Word of God
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:12, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- from the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- were hearingשֹׁמְעִיםshomim
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shomim” appears- the soundקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- you sawרֹאִיםroim
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roim” appears- formתְמוּנָהtemuna
form, likeness
Form, the visible shape of something.
Where else “temuna” appears- onlyזוּלָתִיzulati
except, besides
Except, besides.
Where else “zulati” appears
The context
11You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire to the heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud, and thick cloud.
12 · This verse (above)
13He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to carry out, the ten words, and he wrote them on two tablets of stone.