Exodus 34:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him in mount Sinai.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֥ן נִגְּשׁ֖וּ כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְצַוֵּ֕ם אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אִתּ֖וֹ בְּהַ֥ר סִינָֽי׃

Transliteration

And-after-this niggəšû all-bənê yiśrāʾēl wa-yəṣawwēm ʾēt all-ʾăšer dibber YHWH with-him in-har sînāy

Grammar Details

*niggəšû*: Niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they drew near
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - Israel
*wa-yəṣawwēm*: conjunction + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he commanded them
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - which
*dibber*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he spoke
*YHWH*: proper name - Yahweh/LORD
*har*: masculine singular construct - mountain of
*sînāy*: proper name - Sinai

Word Meanings

*niggəšû*: drew near/approached/came close
*bənê*: sons/children of
*yəṣawwēm*: commanded them/ordered them/instructed them
*dibber*: spoke/said/uttered

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 21:1 : 1 Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.
Exod 24:3 : 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do.
Num 15:40 : 40 that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak.
Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
1 Cor 11:23 : 23 For I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread;
1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I delivered unto you {G1722} first of all that which also I received: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

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