Study it in the app“Moses said to YHWH, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, ‘Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ””
Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto YHWH,אֶל יְהוָה“The peopleהָעָםcannotלֹא יוּכַלcome upלַעֲלֹתtoאֶלMountהַרSinai,סִינָיforכִּיyouאַתָּהwarnedהַעֵדֹתָהus,בָּנוּsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Set limits aroundהַגְבֵּלthe mountainאֶת הָהָרand consecrate it.’ ”וְקִדַּשְׁתּוֹ
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsYHWH
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” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yuchal” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alot” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsSinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” appearswarn
To warn strongly, calling someone as witness.
Where else “haedota” appearsset a boundary
Set a limit or a boundary; border on.
Where else “hagbel” appearsconsecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “kidasht” appearsSinai ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
A mountain in the wilderness; which one it was is not known for certain, and its location is disputed.
There God spoke with Moses and gave the law to Israel (Exod 19:20; 24:16).
22And also the priests who come near to YHWH must consecrate themselves, lest YHWH break out against them.”
23 · This verse (above)
24YHWH said to him, “Go, go down, and come up, you and Aaron with you; but the priests and the people must not break through to come up to YHWH, lest he break out against them.”
