Exodus 24:17

“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.”

Exodus 24:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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