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Mosesמֹשֶׁהbroughtוַיּוֹצֵאthe peopleאֶת הָעָםout ofמִןthe campהַמַּחֲנֶהto meetלִקְרַאתElohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםand they took their standוַיִּתְיַצְּבוּat the footבְּתַחְתִּיתof the mountain.הָהָר
Exodus 19:17
Study it in the app“Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet Elohim, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 19:17, word by word
- 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- broughtיּוֹצֵאyotse
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotse” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and they took their standיִּתְיַצְּבוּyityatsvu
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “yityatsvu” appears- at the footתַחְתִּיתtachtit
lowest
Lowest, the lower level; the depths.
Where else “tachtit” appears- of the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18Mount Sinai was smoking, all of it, because YHWH had come down upon it in fire; and its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently.