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Mosesמֹשֶׁהaloneלְבַדּוֹshall come nearוְנִגַּשׁtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהbut theyוְהֵםshall not come near,לֹא יִגָּשׁוּand the peopleוְהָעָםshall not come upלֹא יַעֲלוּwith him.”עִמּוֹ
Exodus 24:2
Study it in the app“Moses alone shall come near to YHWH, but they shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 24:2, 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- aloneבַדּvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- shall come nearנִגַּשׁnigash
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “nigash” appears- 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- and the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- shall not come upיַעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears
The context
1To Moses he said, “Come up to YHWH, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and bow down from a distance.
2 · This verse (above)
3Moses came and told the people all the words of YHWH and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that YHWH has spoken we will do.”