Exodus 19:13

“No hand shall touch him, for he shall surely be stoned or surely shot with arrows; whether animal or man, he shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they shall go up on the mountain.””

Exodus 19:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 19:13, word by word

handיָדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears
shall touchתִגַּעtiga

touch

To lay a hand or finger on something, sometimes to take it or harm it.

Where else “tiga” appears
he shall surelyסָקוֹלsakol

stone

To pelt someone with rocks, or kill them so.

Where else “sakol” appears
surelyיָרֹהyaro

shoot

To loose arrows from a bow and wound with them.

Where else “yaro” appears
animalבְּהֵמָהbehema

beast

Animals in general.

Where else “behema” appears
manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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live.’יִחְיֶהyichye

live

To have breath and remain in this world, not die.

Where else “yichye” appears
the ram’s hornיֹּבֵלyovel

ram's horn

The horn of a ram, blown like a trumpet.

Where else “yovel” appears
sounds a long blastמְשֹׁךְmeshoch

prolong

To make something last longer.

Where else “meshoch” appears
shall go upיַעֲלוּyaalu

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “yaalu” appears
on the mountainהָרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “har” appears

Translation note

“Ram’s horn” translates yobel, which according to Strong is the blast of the horn and also the horn itself. Verses 16 and 19 speak of the shofar.

The context

12You shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up on the mountain or touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

13 · This verse (above)

14Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people, and they washed their garments.

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