Exodus 34:3

“No 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.””

Exodus 34:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 34:3, word by word

manאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
shall come upיַעֲלֶהyaale

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “yaale” appears
be seenיֵרָאyera

appear

To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.

Where else “yera” appears
the mountainהָרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

Where else “har” appears
the flocksצֹּאןtson

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

Where else “tson” appears
and the herdsבָּקָרbakar

cattle, herd

Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.

Where else “bakar” appears
grazeיִרְעוּyiru

graze

To tend a flock, or eat grass.

Where else “yiru” appears
in front ofמוּלmul

in front of, opposite

In front of, opposite.

Where else “mul” appears

The context

2And 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.

3 · This verse (above)

4So he cut two tablets of stone like the first ones; and Moses rose early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as YHWH had commanded him, and he took in his hand two tablets of stone.

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