Exodus 24:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּרְא֕וּ אֵ֖ת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְתַ֣חַת רַגְלָ֗יו כְּמַעֲשֵׂה֙ לִבְנַ֣ת הַסַּפִּ֔יר וּכְעֶ֥צֶם הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לָטֹֽהַר׃

Transliteration

wayyirʾû ʾēt ʾĕlōhê Yiśrāʾēl wə-taḥat raglāyw kəmaʿăśēh libnat hassappîr ûkəʿeṣem haššāmayim lāṭōhar

Grammar Details

• *wayyirʾû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - and they saw
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wə-taḥat*: conjunction + preposition - and under
• *raglāyw*: noun, feminine dual + suffix, 3rd masculine singular - his feet
• *kəmaʿăśēh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - like work of/like a pavement of
• *libnat*: noun, feminine singular construct - brick/tile of
• *hassappîr*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the sapphire
• *ûkəʿeṣem*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and like essence of
• *haššāmayim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the heavens
• *lāṭōhar*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for brightness/in clarity

Word Meanings

• *wayyirʾû*: saw/beheld/perceived
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of/gods of
• *kəmaʿăśēh*: like work of/like a pavement of/resembling
• *libnat*: brick/tile/pavement
• *hassappîr*: sapphire/lapis lazuli/blue stone
• *ʿeṣem*: bone/substance/essence/self
• *lāṭōhar*: for brightness/in clarity/for purity

Referenced Verses

• John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
• Rev 4:3 : 3 and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon.
• Ezek 10:1 : 1 Then I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
• Matt 17:2 : 2 and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.
• Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
• Exod 33:20 : 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.
• Exod 33:23 : 23 and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back; but my face shall not be seen.
• Rev 21:11 : 11 having the glory of God: {G2532} her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:
• 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
• 1 John 4:12 : 12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
• Rev 1:16 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
• John 6:46 : 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save {G3361} he that is from God, he hath seen the Father.
• John 14:9 : 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; {G2532} how sayest thou, Show us the Father?
• Rev 21:18-23 : 18 And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass. 19 {G2532} The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; 20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 22 And I saw no temple therein: {G1722} for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof. 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.
• Judg 13:21-22 : 21 But the angel of Jehovah did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Jehovah. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
• 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
• Song 6:10 : 10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, Clear as the sun, Terrible as an army with banners?
• Isa 6:1-5 : 1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
• Ezek 1:26-28 : 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above. 27 And I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
• Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.