Study it in the app“When you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders,”
Whenוַיְהִי כְּyou heardשָׁמְעֲכֶםthe voiceאֶת הַקּוֹלfrom the midstמִתּוֹךְof the darkness,הַחֹשֶׁךְwhile the mountainוְהָהָרwas burningבֹּעֵרwith fire,בָּאֵשׁyou came nearוַתִּקְרְבוּןto me,אֵלַיallכָּלthe headsרָאשֵׁיof your tribesשִׁבְטֵיכֶםand your elders,וְזִקְנֵיכֶם
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsobey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shama” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsdarkness
The absence of light, night.
Where else “choshech” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsburn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “boer” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearscome near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “tikrvu” appearschief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appearselder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears22These words YHWH spoke to all your assembly on the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick cloud, with a loud voice, and he did not add more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23 · This verse (above)
24and you said, “Look, YHWH our Elohim has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire. This day we have seen that Elohim speaks with a human being, and he lives.
