Exodus 19:24

“YHWH 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.””

Exodus 19:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 19:24, word by word

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
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Goלֶךְlech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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go downרֵדred

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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and come upעָלִיתָalita

go up

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

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and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

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and the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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break throughיֶהֶרְסוּyehersu

tear down; break through

Tear down, throw down; also break through by force.

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he break outיִפְרָץyifrats

breach

To smash a wall, burst in.

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The context

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.’ ”

24 · This verse (above)

25So Moses went down to the people and told them.

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