YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Moses,אֶל מֹשֶׁה“Goלֵךְtoאֶלthe peopleהָעָםand consecrate themוְקִדַּשְׁתָּםtodayהַיּוֹםand tomorrow,וּמָחָרand let them washוְכִבְּסוּtheir garmentsשִׂמְלֹתָם
Exodus 19:10
Study it in the app“YHWH said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 19:10, 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- “Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and consecrate themקִדַּשְׁתָּkidashta
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “kidashta” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- and tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- and let them washכִבְּסוּchibsu
wash
To wash clothes; or wash from sin.
Where else “chibsu” appears- their garmentsשִׂמְלֹתָsimlota
cloak
Cloak: the outer garment, which also served as a covering for sleeping.
Where else “simlota” appears
The context
9YHWH said to Moses, “Look, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe in you forever.” Then Moses told the words of the people to YHWH.
10 · This verse (above)
11and be ready for the third day; for on the third day YHWH will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.