Exodus 19:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה רֵ֖ד הָעֵ֣ד בָּעָ֑ם פֶּן־יֶהֶרְס֤וּ אֶל־יְהוָה֙ לִרְא֔וֹת וְנָפַ֥ל מִמֶּ֖נּוּ רָֽב׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer YHWH to mōšeh rēd hāʿēd in the ʿām lest yeherŝû to YHWH lirʾôt wə-nāpal from him many.

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name (Yahweh/Jehovah)
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*rēd*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - go down
*hāʿēd*: verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular - warn/testify
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular (with definite article) - the people
*yeherŝû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they break through
*lirʾôt*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to see
*wə-nāpal*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and fall
*rāb*: adjective, masculine singular - many/much

Word Meanings

*hāʿēd*: warn/testify/admonish
*yeherŝû*: break through/break in/burst through
*wə-nāpal mimmenû rāb*: and many of them will fall/and a multitude of them will perish

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 6:19 : 19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Exod 19:12-13 : 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exod 33:20 : 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Eccl 5:1 : 1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Exod 3:3 : 3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

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