Leviticus 25:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה בְּהַ֥ר סִינַ֖י לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

wə-yədabbēr YHWH unto-Mōšeh in-har Sînay lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

• *wə-yədabbēr*: conjunction + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he spoke
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun, Moses
• *har*: construct form, mountain of
• *Sînay*: proper noun, Sinai
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to say/saying

Word Meanings

• *wə-yədabbēr*: and spoke/and was speaking/and continued to speak
• *lēʾmōr*: saying/commanding/instructing

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai sayenge,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the LORDE talked with Moses vpon mount Sinai, and sayde:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in mout Sinai, saying:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in mount Sinai, saying,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Regulations for the Sabbatical Year The LORD spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai:

Referenced Verses

• Exod 19:1 : 1 In the third month after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai.
• Num 1:1 : 1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, saying:
• Num 10:11-12 : 11 In the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud was lifted from over the Tabernacle of the Testimony. 12 Then the Israelites set out on their journeys from the Wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
• Gal 4:24-25 : 24 Now these things may be interpreted allegorically: These women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery—this is Hagar. 25 Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia; she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.