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Forכִּיwhoמִיof allכָלfleshבָּשָׂרis there thatאֲשֶׁרhas heardשָׁמַעthe voiceקוֹלof the livingחַיִּיםElohimאֱלֹהִיםspeakingמְדַבֵּרfrom the midstמִתּוֹךְof the fire,הָאֵשׁas we have,כָּמֹנוּand lived?וַיֶּחִי
Deuteronomy 5:26
Study it in the app“For who of all flesh is there that has heard the voice of the living Elohim speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 5:26, word by word
- fleshבָּשָׂרbasar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “basar” appears- has heardשָׁמַעshama
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shama” appears- the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of the livingחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- speakingמְדַבֵּרmedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “medaber” 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- and livedיֶּחִיyechi
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yechi” appears
The context
25And now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we continue to hear the voice of YHWH our Elohim any more, we will die.
26 · This verse (above)
27You go near and hear all that YHWH our Elohim will say; and you will speak to us all that YHWH our Elohim speaks to you, and we will hear and do it.”