YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Go,לֶךְgo down,רֵדand come up,וְעָלִיתָyouאַתָּהand Aaronוְאַהֲרֹןwith you;עִמָּךְbutוְthe priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםand the peopleוְהָעָםmust notאַלbreak throughיֶהֶרְסוּto come upלַעֲלֹתtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהlestפֶּןhe break outיִפְרָץagainst them.”בָּם
Exodus 19:24
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Goלֶךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- go downרֵדred
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “red” appears- and come upעָלִיתָalita
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alita” appears- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- and the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- break throughיֶהֶרְסוּyehersu
tear down; break through
Tear down, throw down; also break through by force.
Where else “yehersu” appears- he break outיִפְרָץyifrats
breach
To smash a wall, burst in.
Where else “yifrats” appears
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.