And beוֶהְיֵהreadyנָכוֹןfor the morning,לַבֹּקֶרand come upוְעָלִיתָin the morningבַבֹּקֶרto Mountאֶל הַרSinai,סִינַיand present yourselfוְנִצַּבְתָּto meלִיthereשָׁםon the topעַל רֹאשׁof the mountain.הָהָר
Exodus 34:2
Study it in the app“And be ready for the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself to me there on the top of the mountain.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 34:2, word by word
- And beהְיֵהheye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heye” appears- readyנָכוֹןnachon
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “nachon” appears- for the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and come upעָלִיתָalita
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alita” appears- to Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Sinaiסִינַיsinay
Sinai
See it on the mapWhere else “sinay” appears- and present yourselfנִצַּבְתָּnitsavta
stand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsavta” appears- on the topרֹאשׁrosh
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appears
Places in this verse
Sinai ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
A mountain in the wilderness; which one it was is not known for certain, and its location is disputed.
There God spoke with Moses and gave the law to Israel (Exod 19:20; 24:16).
The context
1And YHWH said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
2 · This verse (above)
3No man shall come up with you, and also let no man be seen on all the mountain; not even the flocks and the herds shall graze in front of that mountain.”