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Then he tookוַיִּקַּחthe bookסֵפֶרof the covenantהַבְּרִיתand read itוַיִּקְרָאin the hearingבְּאָזְנֵיof the people,הָעָםand they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“AllכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas spokenדִּבֶּרwe will do,נַעֲשֶׂהand we will listen.”וְנִשְׁמָע
Exodus 24:7
Study it in the app“Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “All that YHWH has spoken we will do, and we will listen.””
The people answer, “All the words that YHWH has spoken we will do”Obedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 24:7, word by word
- Then he tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- the bookסֵפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- of the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- and read itיִּקְרָאyikra
read aloud
To say a written text aloud.
Where else “yikra” appears- in the hearingאָזְנֵיazne
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” 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- has spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- we will doנַעֲשֶׂהnaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naase” appears- and we will listenנִשְׁמָעnishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “nishma” appears
The context
6Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he splashed on the altar.
7 · This verse (above)
8Moses took the blood and splashed it on the people and said, “Look, the blood of the covenant that YHWH has made with you in accordance with all these words.”