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And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וַיְדַבֵּ֧רvay.da.Berand he spoke

Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)

Meaning: to speak: speak

Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 1

יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 2

אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם'a.lei.Khemto you

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 3

מִתּ֣וֹךְmi.Tokhfrom [the] middle of

Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: midst

Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 4

הָאֵ֑שׁha.'Eshthe fire

Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: fire

Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 5

ק֤וֹלKola sound of

Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: voice: sound

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:19, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 28:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6963H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 6

דְּבָרִים֙de.va.Rimwords

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: word

Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 7

אַתֶּ֣ם'a.Temyou

Lemma: אַתֶּם (at.tem) · Strong's: H0859D

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Plural (HPp2mp)

Meaning: you(m.p.)

Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 9:7, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0859D; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 8

שֹׁמְעִ֔יםsho.me.'Im[were] hearing

Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to hear: hear

Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 9

וּתְמוּנָ֛הu.te.mu.Nahand a form

Lemma: תְּמוּנָה (te.mu.nah) · Strong's: H8544

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: likeness

Used 10 times. Also: Exodus 20:4, Numbers 12:8, Deuteronomy 4:15, Deuteronomy 4:16, Deuteronomy 4:23, Deuteronomy 4:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8544; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 10

אֵינְכֶ֥ם'ein.Khemnot you

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 11

רֹאִ֖יםro.'Im[were] seeing

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to see: see

Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 12

זוּלָתִ֥יzu.la.Tiexcept

Lemma: זוּלָה (zu.lah) · Strong's: H2108

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: exception

Used 16 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:36, Joshua 11:13, Ruth 4:4, 1 Samuel 21:9, 2 Samuel 7:22, 1 Kings 3:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2108; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 13

קֽוֹל\׃Kola voice

Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: voice

Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 4:12 word 14

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

And the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
spoke	→	דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak
to you	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
out of	→	תָּ֫וֶךְ H8432 midst
the fire	→	אֵשׁ H0784 fire
You	→	אַתֶּם H0859D you(m.p.)
heard	→	שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear
the sound	→	קוֹל H6963H voice: sound
of the words	→	דָּבָר H1697G word
but saw	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
no	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
form	→	תְּמוּנָה H8544 likeness
there was only	→	זוּלָה H2108 exception
a voice	→	קוֹל H6963H voice: sound

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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