Exodus 24:17 Go deeper
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And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. (KJV)
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וּמַרְאֵה֙u.mar.'Ehand [the] appearance of
Lemma: מַרְאֶה (mar.eh) · Strong's: H4758
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: appearance
Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 24:16, Genesis 26:7, Genesis 29:17, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4758; TAHOT Exodus 24:17 word 1
כְּב֣וֹדke.Vod[the] glory of
Lemma: כָּבוֹד (ka.vod) · Strong's: H3519
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: glory
Used 200 times. Also: Genesis 31:1, Genesis 45:13, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:10, Exodus 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3519; TAHOT Exodus 24:17 word 2
יְהוָ֔הYah.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 Exodus 24:17 word 3
כְּאֵ֥שׁke.'Esh[was] like a 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 Exodus 24:17 word 4
אֹכֶ֖לֶת'o.Khe.letconsuming
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Exodus 24:17 word 5
בְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.Roshon [the] top of
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: head: top
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 28:12, Genesis 28:18, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218I; TAHOT Exodus 24:17 word 6
הָהָ֑רha.Harthe mountain
Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: mountain: mount
Used 451 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2022G; TAHOT Exodus 24:17 word 7
לְעֵינֵ֖יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyes of
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: seeing
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 30:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869H; TAHOT Exodus 24:17 word 8
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Exodus 24:17 word 9
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Exodus 24:17 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And the sight | → | מַרְאֶה H4758 appearance |
| of the glory | → | כָּבוֹד H3519 glory |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| was like a consuming | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| fire | → | אֵשׁ H0784 fire |
| on the mountaintop | → | רֹאשׁ H7218I head: top |
| . . . | → | הַר H2022G mountain: mount |
| in the eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869H eye: seeing |
| of the Israelites | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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