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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto the people,אֶל הָעָם“Beהֱיוּreadyנְכֹנִיםin threeלִשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays;יָמִיםdo notאַלgo nearתִּגְּשׁוּa woman.”אֶל אִשָּׁה
Exodus 19:15
Study it in the app“He said to the people, “Be ready in three days; do not go near a woman.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 19:15, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- “Beהֱיוּheu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heu” appears- readyנְכֹנִיםnechonim
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “nechonim” appears- in threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- go nearתִּגְּשׁוּtigshu
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “tigshu” appears- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears
Translation note
Literally “for three days,” that is, within three days from now. “Do not go near a woman” means abstaining from sexual relations during that preparation.
The context
14Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people, and they washed their garments.
15 · This verse (above)
16On the third day, when morning came, there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a horn, very loud; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.