Exodus 20:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֹּ֥ה תֹאמַ֖ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אַתֶּ֣ם רְאִיתֶ֔ם כִּ֚י מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי עִמָּכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer YHWH unto Mōšeh thus tōʾmar unto bənê Yiśrāʾēl you rəʾîtem that from the šāmayim dibbartî with you

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*yōʾmer*: say/speak/command
*tōʾmar*: say/speak/tell
*bənê*: sons/children/descendants
*rəʾîtem*: saw/perceived/experienced
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*dibbartî*: spoke/talked/communicated

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Neh 9:13 : 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Deut 4:36 : 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
Heb 12:25-26 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

Similar Verses (AI)

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3And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
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4The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
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Deut 4:36
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Exod 20:18-19
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Exod 31:12
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Deut 5:22
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