18{
"verseID": "Exodus.20.18",
"source": "וְכָל־הָעָם֩ רֹאִ֨ים אֶת־הַקּוֹלֹ֜ת וְאֶת־הַלַּפִּידִ֗ם וְאֵת֙ ק֣וֹל הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר וְאֶת־הָהָ֖ר עָשֵׁ֑ן וַיַּ֤רְא הָעָם֙ וַיָּנֻ֔עוּ וַיּֽ͏ַעַמְד֖וּ מֵֽרָחֹֽק׃",
"text": "*wə-ḵāl-hā-ʿām rōʾîm ʾeṯ-haq-qôlōṯ wə-ʾeṯ-hal-lappîḏim wə-ʾēṯ qôl hash-shōp̄ār wə-ʾeṯ-hā-hār ʿāshēn way-yarəʾ hā-ʿām way-yānuʿû way-yaʿamḏû mē-rāḥōq*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ḵāl-hā-ʿām*": "conjunction + noun construct + definite article + masculine singular noun - and all the people",
"*rōʾîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - seeing/perceiving",
"*ʾeṯ-haq-qôlōṯ*": "direct object marker + definite article + feminine plural noun - the thunderings/voices",
"*wə-ʾeṯ-hal-lappîḏim*": "conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + masculine plural noun - and the flashes of lightning/torches",
"*wə-ʾēṯ*": "conjunction + direct object marker",
"*qôl*": "masculine singular construct - sound of",
"*hash-shōp̄ār*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the trumpet/ram's horn",
"*wə-ʾeṯ-hā-hār*": "conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the mountain",
"*ʿāshēn*": "qal participle, masculine singular - smoking",
"*way-yarəʾ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and saw/feared",
"*hā-ʿām*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the people",
"*way-yānuʿû*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they trembled",
"*way-yaʿamḏû*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they stood",
"*mē-rāḥōq*": "preposition + noun/adverb - at a distance"
},
"variants": {
"*rōʾîm*": "seeing/perceiving/witnessing",
"*qôlōṯ*": "thunderings/voices/sounds",
"*lappîḏim*": "lightning flashes/torches/flames",
"*shōp̄ār*": "ram's horn/trumpet",
"*ʿāshēn*": "smoking/in smoke",
"*way-yarəʾ*": "and [the people] saw/feared (possible wordplay)",
"*way-yānuʿû*": "and they trembled/shook/moved back",
"*mē-rāḥōq*": "at a distance/far off/from afar"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Exodus.20.19",
"source": "וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה דַּבֵּר־אַתָּ֥ה עִמָּ֖נוּ וְנִשְׁמָ֑עָה וְאַל־יְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמָּ֛נוּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים פֶּן־נָמֽוּת׃",
"text": "*way-yōʾmərû ʾel-mōsheh dabbēr-ʾattāh ʿimmānû wə-nishməʿāh wə-ʾal-yəḏabbēr ʿimmānû ʾĕlōhîm pen-nāmûṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*way-yōʾmərû*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said",
"*ʾel-mōsheh*": "preposition + proper name - to Moses",
"*dabbēr-ʾattāh*": "piel imperative, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular pronoun - you speak",
"*ʿimmānû*": "preposition with 1st common plural suffix - with us",
"*wə-nishməʿāh*": "conjunction + qal imperfect cohortative, 1st common plural - and we will listen",
"*wə-ʾal*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*yəḏabbēr*": "piel imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine singular - let speak",
"*ʿimmānû*": "preposition with 1st common plural suffix - with us",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun - God",
"*pen-nāmûṯ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 1st common plural - lest we die"
},
"variants": {
"*dabbēr*": "speak/talk/declare",
"*nishməʿāh*": "we will listen/we will obey/we will hear",
"*ʾal-yəḏabbēr*": "let not speak/let not talk",
"*pen-nāmûṯ*": "lest we die/so that we don't die"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "Exodus.20.20",
"source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶל־הָעָם֮ אַל־תִּירָאוּ֒ כִּ֗י לְבַֽעֲבוּר֙ נַסּ֣וֹת אֶתְכֶ֔ם בָּ֖א הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וּבַעֲב֗וּר תִּהְיֶ֧ה יִרְאָת֛וֹ עַל־פְּנֵיכֶ֖ם לְבִלְתִּ֥י תֶחֱטָֽאוּ׃",
"text": "*way-yōʾmer mōsheh ʾel-hā-ʿām ʾal-tîrāʾû kî lə-ḇaʿăḇûr nassôṯ ʾeṯḵem bāʾ hā-ʾĕlōhîm û-ḇaʿăḇûr tihyeh yirʾāṯô ʿal-pənêḵem lə-ḇiltî ṯeḥĕṭāʾû*",
"grammar": {
"*way-yōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and said",
"*mōsheh*": "proper name - Moses",
"*ʾel-hā-ʿām*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the people",
"*ʾal-tîrāʾû*": "negative particle + qal imperfect jussive, 2nd masculine plural - do not fear",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*lə-ḇaʿăḇûr*": "preposition + preposition - in order to",
"*nassôṯ*": "piel infinitive construct - test",
"*ʾeṯḵem*": "direct object marker with 2nd masculine plural suffix - you",
"*bāʾ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has come",
"*hā-ʾĕlōhîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the God/the true God",
"*û-ḇaʿăḇûr*": "conjunction + preposition - and so that",
"*tihyeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it may be",
"*yirʾāṯô*": "feminine singular noun construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - fear of him",
"*ʿal-pənêḵem*": "preposition + masculine plural noun construct with 2nd masculine plural suffix - before your faces",
"*lə-ḇiltî*": "preposition + conjunction - so that not",
"*ṯeḥĕṭāʾû*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you sin"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾal-tîrāʾû*": "do not fear/do not be afraid",
"*lə-ḇaʿăḇûr nassôṯ*": "in order to test/to prove/to try",
"*yirʾāṯô*": "fear of him/reverence for him/awe of him",
"*ʿal-pənêḵem*": "before your faces/in your presence/in your sight",
"*lə-ḇiltî ṯeḥĕṭāʾû*": "so that you do not sin/to prevent you from sinning"
}
}
21{
"verseID": "Exodus.20.21",
"source": "וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד הָעָ֖ם מֵרָחֹ֑ק וּמֹשֶׁה֙ נִגַּ֣שׁ אֶל־הָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃",
"text": "*wə-yaʿămōd* the *ʿām* from *rāḥōq* and *Mōšeh* *niggaš* unto the *ʿărāp̄el* *ʾăšer*-there the *ʾĕlōhîm*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yaʿămōd*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he stood",
"*ʿām*": "definite noun, masculine singular - the people",
"*rāḥōq*": "adverb - far/at a distance",
"*Mōšeh*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Moses",
"*niggaš*": "Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - drew near/approached",
"*ʾel-*": "preposition - unto/toward",
"*ʿărāp̄el*": "definite noun, masculine singular - thick darkness/thick cloud",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/where",
"*šām*": "adverb - there",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "definite noun, masculine plural form with singular meaning - God"
},
"variants": {
"*yaʿămōd*": "stand/remain/stay",
"*rāḥōq*": "far away/distance/remoteness",
"*niggaš*": "drew near/approached/came close",
"*ʿărāp̄el*": "thick darkness/thick cloud/gloom",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/divine being/deity"
}
}
22{
"verseID": "Exodus.20.22",
"source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֹּ֥ה תֹאמַ֖ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אַתֶּ֣ם רְאִיתֶ֔ם כִּ֚י מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי עִמָּכֶֽם׃",
"text": "*wə-yōʾmer YHWH* unto *Mōšeh* thus *tōʾmar* unto *bənê Yiśrāʾēl* you *rəʾîtem* that from the *šāmayim* *dibbartî* with you",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh",
"*ʾel-Mōšeh*": "preposition + proper noun - unto Moses",
"*kōh*": "adverb - thus/so",
"*tōʾmar*": "Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall say",
"*ʾel-bənê*": "preposition + noun construct - unto sons of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel",
"*ʾattem*": "2nd person masculine plural pronoun - you",
"*rəʾîtem*": "Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - you have seen",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that/for/because",
"*min-ha-šāmayim*": "preposition + definite noun - from the heavens",
"*dibbartî*": "Piel perfect 1st singular - I have spoken",
"*ʿimmākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - with you"
},
"variants": {
"*yōʾmer*": "say/speak/command",
"*tōʾmar*": "say/speak/tell",
"*bənê*": "sons/children/descendants",
"*rəʾîtem*": "saw/perceived/experienced",
"*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky",
"*dibbartî*": "spoke/talked/communicated"
}
}