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Mosesמֹשֶׁהenteredוַיָּבֹאthe midstבְּתוֹךְof the cloudהֶעָנָןand went upוַיַּעַלontoאֶלthe mountain;הָהָרand Mosesמֹשֶׁהwasוַיְהִיon the mountainבָּהָרfortyאַרְבָּעִיםdaysיוֹםand fortyוְאַרְבָּעִיםnights.לָיְלָה
Exodus 24:18
Study it in the app“Moses entered the midst of the cloud and went up onto the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 24:18, word by word
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- enteredיָּבֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the cloudעָנָןanan
cloud of presence
The cloud of YHWH's presence.
Where else “anan” appears- and went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- daysיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- nightsלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears
Translation note
Deuteronomy 9:9 adds that during those forty days Moses did not eat bread or drink water.
The context
17The 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.
18 · This verse (above)