Hebrew Interlinear

Deuteronomy 5:23 Interlinear

And it came to pass when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness for the mountain did burn with fire that ye came near unto me even all the heads of your tribes and your elders

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֗יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2כְּשָׁמְעֲכֶ֤םH8085And it came to pass when ye heardto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4הַקּוֹל֙H6963the voicea voice or sound
5מִתּ֣וֹךְH8432out of the midsta bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
6הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְH2822of the darknessthe dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
7וְהָהָ֖רH2022for the mountaina mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
8בֹּעֵ֣רH1197did burnto be(-come) brutish
9בָּאֵ֑שׁH784with firefire (literally or figuratively)
10וַתִּקְרְב֣וּןH7126that ye came nearto approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
11אֵלַ֔יH413near, with or among; often in general, to
12כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
13רָאשֵׁ֥יH7218unto me even all the headsthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
14שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֖םH7626of your tribesa scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
15וְזִקְנֵיכֶֽם׃H2205and your eldersold

Verse Context

Deuteronomy 5:22 These words spake the LORD ...
Deuteronomy 5:23 (current) And it came to pass when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness for the mountain did burn with fire that ye came near unto me even all the heads of your tribes and your elders
Deuteronomy 5:24And ye said hath shewed Behold the LORD our God ...

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