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And alsoוְגַםthe priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםwho come nearהַנִּגָּשִׁיםto YHWHאֶל יְהוָהmust consecrate themselves,יִתְקַדָּשׁוּlestפֶּןYHWHיְהוָהbreak outיִפְרֹץagainst them.”בָּהֶם
Exodus 19:22
Study it in the app“And also the priests who come near to YHWH must consecrate themselves, lest YHWH break out against them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 19:22, word by word
- the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- who come nearנִּגָּשִׁיםnigashim
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “nigashim” appears- to 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- must consecrate themselvesיִתְקַדָּשׁוּyitkadashu
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “yitkadashu” appears- break outיִפְרֹץyifrots
breach
To smash a wall, burst in.
Where else “yifrots” appears
The context
21YHWH said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to YHWH to look, and many of them fall.
22 · This verse (above)
23Moses said to YHWH, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, ‘Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ”