Leviticus 25:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying:

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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, when the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
• Num 1:1 : 1 And 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 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
• Gal 4:24-25 : 24 These things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar. 25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.