Allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwere seeingרֹאִיםthe thundersאֶת הַקּוֹלֹתand the flamesוְאֶת הַלַּפִּידִםand the soundוְאֵת קוֹלof the hornהַשֹּׁפָרand the mountainוְאֶת הָהָרsmoking;עָשֵׁןand when the peopleוַ הָעָםsaw it,יַּרְאthey trembledוַיָּנֻעוּand stoodוַיַּעַמְדוּfar off.מֵרָחֹק
Exodus 20:18
Study it in the app“All the people were seeing the thunders and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood far off.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 20:18, word by word
- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- were seeingרֹאִיםroim
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roim” appears- the thundersקּוֹלֹתkolot
thunder
The roar of the sky that goes with a storm.
Where else “kolot” appears- and the flamesלַּפִּידִםlapidim
torch, flame
Torch, flame; also lightning.
Where else “lapidim” appears- of the hornשֹּׁפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- and the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- smokingעָשֵׁןashen
smoking
Smoking, giving off smoke.
Where else “ashen” appears- they trembledיָּנֻעוּyanuu
stagger
To shake, tremble, totter.
Where else “yanuu” appears- and stoodיַּעַמְדוּyaamdu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamdu” appears- far offרָחֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears
The context
17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
18 · This verse (above)
19They said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will listen; but let not Elohim speak with us, lest we die.”