Exodus 19:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם הֱי֥וּ נְכֹנִ֖ים לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים אַֽל־תִּגְּשׁ֖וּ אֶל־אִשָּֽׁה׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer to the ʿām hĕyû nəḵōnîm for šəlōšet yāmîm not tiggəšû to ʾiššāh.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine singular (with definite article) - the people
• *hĕyû*: verb, qal imperative masculine plural - be
• *nəḵōnîm*: adjective, masculine plural - ready/prepared
• *šəlōšet*: noun, feminine singular construct - three of
• *yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
• *tiggəšû*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you shall come near/approach
• *ʾiššāh*: noun, feminine singular - woman/wife

Word Meanings

• *nəḵōnîm*: ready/prepared/set
• *tiggəšû*: come near/approach/go near
• *ʾiššāh*: woman/wife

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 21:4-5 : 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
• Exod 19:11 : 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
• 1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
• 2 Pet 3:11-12 : 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
• Exod 19:16 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
• Joel 2:16 : 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
• Amos 4:12 : 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
• Zech 6:3 : 3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
• Zech 7:3 : 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
• Zech 12:12-14 : 12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; 14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
• Mal 3:2 : 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
• Matt 3:10-12 : 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.