King James Version
Exodus 34:3 in the King James Version says “And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor her...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.”
Exodus 34:3 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
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“And no man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“shall come up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“And no man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“with thee neither”
H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“be seen”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“neither let the flocks”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
“nor herds”
H1241a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
“with thee neither”
H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“feed”
H7462to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie
“before”
H4136properly, abrupt, i.e., a precipice; by implication, the front; used only adverbially (with prepositional prefix) opposite
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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