The appearanceוּמַרְאֵהof the gloryכְּבוֹדof YHWHיְהוָהwas like a consumingכְּ אֹכֶלֶתfireאֵשׁon the topבְּרֹאשׁof the mountainהָהָרin the eyesלְעֵינֵיof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Exodus 24:17
Study it in the app“The appearance of the glory of YHWH was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 24:17, word by word
- The appearanceמַרְאֵהmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- of the gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears- of 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- was like a consumingאֹכֶלֶתochelet
devour
Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.
Where else “ochelet” appears- fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears- on the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears- of the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
16The glory of YHWH dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and on the seventh day he called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.
17 · This verse (above)
18Moses entered the midst of the cloud and went up onto the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.